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Actors Arashi Kangorô I as Yoshida Kango (right), Nakamura Fukusuke I as a Puppet of Yaoya Hanbei (above), and Nakamura Kangorô I as Yoshida Kanta (left)


「吉田勘吾」初代嵐冠五郎、「八百屋半兵衛」初代中村福助、「吉田かん太」初代中村勘太郎
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 x 24.5 cm (13 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession NumberRES.52.9
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (opening of Part 2): Na Nomi Yaoya Ryôri no Futsutsuka
Play (main feature): Wakaki no Ume Satomi no Yatsufusa
Theater: Nakamura
号八百屋料理拙(なのみやおやりょうりのふつつか)
若樹梅里見八総(わかきのうめさとみのやつふさ)
中村、二番目序幕
1857、安政04
Signed Baichôrô Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouches
梅蝶楼国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 4
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳四
彫師:なし
Provenance1952, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA.