Actors Mimasu Daigorô IV as Iwafuji (R) and Kataoka Gadô II as Ohatsu (L) in Kagamiyama Sugata no Utsushi-e

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Actors Mimasu Daigorô IV as Iwafuji (R) and Kataoka Gadô II as Ohatsu (L) in Kagamiyama Sugata no Utsushi-e

「鏡山姿写絵」「岩ふじ」四代目三升大五郎　　「おはつ」二代目片岡我童

Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)

Japanese

Edo period

1852 (Kaei 5), 10th month

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban diptych; 25 x 36.6 cm (9 13/16 x 14 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.541.7a-b

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #486

DescriptionPlay: Kagamiyama Sugata no Utsushi-e
Theater: Naka
鏡山姿写絵（かがみやますがたのうつしえ）
中

Signed Hirosada (on each sheet)
広貞

ProvenanceBy date unknown, Alfred Greenough Collection, Boston, MA; 1884, by inheritance to his uncle, Charles H. Parker, Milton, MA; 1908, bequest of Charles H. Parker to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 17, 2007)