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Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Banjaku Tarô, from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style (Imayô oshi-e kagami)


「今様押絵鏡 磐雀太郎」 四代目中村芝翫
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39 x 26.7 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Porter Sargent
Accession Number49.1772
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Tenmangû Rishô Kamigaki
Theater: Nakamura
天満宮利生神籬(てんまんぐうりしょうかみがき)
中村
1860、万延01
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印:申九改
彫師:横川彫竹
Inscriptions「秋の野や名義あらたまる樹/\の足 芝翫」
Provenance1949, gift of Porter Sargent to the MFA.