Actors Nakamura Daikichi III as Umegawa (R) and Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Chûbei (L), from the series Stories of Loyalty and Familial Devotion (Chûkô den no uchi)

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Actors Nakamura Daikichi III as Umegawa (R) and Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Chûbei (L), from the series Stories of Loyalty and Familial Devotion (Chûkô den no uchi)

「忠孝伝之内　梅川」　三代目中村大吉　「忠孝伝之内　忠兵衛」　初代実川延三郎

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

Japanese

Edo period

1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 9th month

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban diptych; 25.1 x 34.9 cm (9 7/8 x 13 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.541.35a-b

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #117

DescriptionPlay: Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai
Theater: Naka
恋飛脚大和往来（こいびきゃくやまとおうらい）
中

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)