A Plum-blossom Viewing Boat (Umemibune): Actors Nakamura Fukusuke I and Onoe Kikujirô II (?)

梅見船　初代中村福助、二代目尾上菊次郎ヵ

Japanese

Edo period

1859 (Ansei 6), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 25.5 cm (14 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich

Accession NumberRES.52.7

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 120-0467 (this sheet only); Tokyo Digital Museum 94200016 (complete triptych)

DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych; title on center sheet.

Signed Shunpûsha ga
春風舎画

Marks Censor's seal: Goat 11 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：未十一改
彫師：彫竹

Provenance1952, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA.