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Actors Ôtani Hiroji II as Ume no Yoshibei and Nakamura Sukegorô I as Uba no Genbei


「梅由兵衛 大谷広次」(二代目)、「姥原兵衛 中村助五郎」(初代)
Torii Kiyonobu II (Japanese, active about 1725–1760)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1753 (Hôreki 3), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ô-ôban; 41.6 x 31.2 cm (16 3/8 x 12 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession NumberRES.54.7
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Satô, "Kabuki...," in Ukiyo-e geijuitsu 151 (2006), p. 28, fig. 12; Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0349
DescriptionPlay: Otokodate Hatsukai Soga
Theater: Nakamura
男伊達初買曽我(おとこだてはつかいそが)
中村
Signed Torii Kiyonobu
鳥居清信
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)