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Actors Nakamura Rikô as the Geisha Otsuma of Tanbaya and Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Koguya Yahei, with an unidentified actor as the maid


五代目市川団十郎の香具屋弥兵衛、中村里好の丹波屋おつま
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Publisher: Kôzuya Isuke (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1785 (Tenmei 5), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39 x 26 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Anonymous gift
Accession Number53.493
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #84 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #99; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #742, pl. LXXXII
DescriptionPlay: Muromachi Sakura Butai
Theater: Nakamura
室町桜舞台(むろまちさくらのぶたい)
中村
Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画
Provenance1953, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession date: May 14, 1953)