Actors Arashi Rikan III as Miyagino (R), Ichikawa Ebizô V as Daifukuya Sôroku (C), and Ichikawa Shikô II as Younger Sister (Imôto) Shinobu (L), from the series Tales of Loyalty Old and New (Kokin chûkô den)

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Actors Arashi Rikan III as Miyagino (R), Ichikawa Ebizô V as Daifukuya Sôroku (C), and Ichikawa Shikô II as Younger Sister (Imôto) Shinobu (L), from the series Tales of Loyalty Old and New (Kokin chûkô den)

「古今忠孝傳　みやぎ野」　三代目嵐璃寛　　「古今忠孝傳　大福や惣ろく」　五代目市川海老蔵　　「古今忠孝傳　娘しのぶ」　二代目市川市紅

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

Japanese

Edo period

1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 8th month

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban triptych; 25 x 52.4 cm (9 13/16 x 20 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.541.31a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Edo-Tokyo Museum, Dai Ukiyo-e ten (2014), #364; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #106

DescriptionPlay: Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi
Theater: Kado
碁太平記白石噺
角

Signed Hirosada
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)