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Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Ayame and Ichikawa Saruzô I as Takane


「あやめ」三代目岩井粂三郎、「たかね」初代市川猿蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 8th month
Object Place: Japanese

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.2 x 25.2 cm (13 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession NumberRES.52.13
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: JIraiya Gôketsu Monogatari
Theater: Kawarazaki
児雷也豪傑譚語(じらいやごうけつものがたり)、新浮深熊手の場
河原崎
1852、嘉永05
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印:衣笠、村田、子八
彫師:なし
Provenance1952, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA.