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Actors Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Tsuruya Denzô (R) and Nakamura Utaemon IV as Kaiya Zenkichi (L), in Yotsu no Umi Taira Chûkôden


「四海平忠孝伝」 「鶴屋伝三」初代実川延三郎  「貝屋善吉」四代目中村歌右衛門
Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)
Publisher: Tenmaya Kihei (Tenki) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban diptych; 25 x 36.7 cm (9 13/16 x 14 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.541.24a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #418
DescriptionMFA impressions: 08.541.24a-b, 11.35629a-b

Play: Yotsu no Umi Taira no Yozakari
Theater: Naka

The Ikeda bunko impression has the Kinkadô Konishi publishers mark; both MFA impressions have the Tenmaya Kihei publisher's mark.
四海平清盛

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)