Actors Arashi Rikaku II as the Footman (Yakko) Michisuke (R) and Kataoka Gadô II as Oguri Hangan (L) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actors Arashi Rikaku II as the Footman (Yakko) Michisuke (R) and Kataoka Gadô II as Oguri Hangan (L)

Actors Arashi Rikaku II as the Footman (Yakko) Michisuke (R) and Kataoka Gadô II as Oguri Hangan (L)

「奴三千助」二代目嵐璃珏　　「小栗判官」二代目片岡我童

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

Japanese

Edo period

1851 (Kaei 4), 1st month

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban diptych; 25 x 36.8 cm (9 13/16 x 14 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.541.9a-b

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #331

DescriptionMFA impressions: 08.541.9a-b (with publisher's mark Kashimadô, as in Ikeda bunko), 11.35562a-b (without publisher's mark)

Play: Himekurabe Futaba Ezôshi
Theater: Kado
姫競双葉絵草紙（ひめくらべふたばえぞうし）
角

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)