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Actor Seki Sanjûrô III as Chôjiya Chôbei, from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style (Imayô oshi-e kagami)


「今様押絵鏡 丁字屋長兵衛」 三代目関三十郎
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.7 x 26.5 cm (15 1/4 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Porter Sargent
Accession Number49.1774
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Sannin Kichiza Kuruwa no Hatsugai
Theater: Ichimura
三人吉三廓初買(さんにんきちさくるわのはつがい)
市村
1860、安政07
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印:申正改
彫師:横川彫竹
Inscriptions「出る人も何所やら粋な梅見かな 歌山」
Provenance1949, gift of Porter Sargent to the MFA.