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Actors Iwai Hanshirô IV as Munetô's Young Sister (Imôto) Utô (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Miura Heidayû Makezu no Kunitae (C), and Segawa Kikunojô III as Utô's Young Sister (Imôto) Yasukata (L)


四代目岩井半四郎の宗任妹善知鳥  五代目市川団十郎の三浦の平太夫まけすの国たへ  三代目瀬川菊之丞のうとふ妹やすかた
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1782 (Tenmei 2), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban triptych; 31.3 x 42.9 cm (12 5/16 x 16 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7155-7
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné ARC db
DescriptionTriptych: 21.7155 (left), 21.7156 (center), 21.7157 (right)

Play (kaomise): Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode
Theater: Nakamura
五代源氏貢振袖(ごだいげんじみつぎのふりそで)
中村
Signed Shunshô ga (on each sheet)
春章画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
InscriptionsPoem by Minamoto Yoshiie, on the banner held by Kikunojô as Yasukata:
Fuku kaze o/ Nakoso no seki to/ omoishi ni/ michi mo se ni chiru/ yamazakura ka na
Poem by Minamoto Yoshiie, on the banner held by Kikunojô as Yasukata:
Fuku kaze o/ Nakoso no seki to/ omoishi ni/ michi mo se ni chiru/ yamazakura ka na
吹かせをなこその関と思ひしに道もせにちる山さくら哉
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.