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玉揃浪花の大川 「三」四代目嵐璃寛 「四」初代中村宗十郎 「五」初代市川右団次 「六」五代目坂東彦三郎 二代目片岡我当
An Assortment of Gems by the Great River in Osaka (Tama-zoroe Naniwa no Ôkawa): Actors, from right, (3) Arashi Rikan IV, (4) Nakamura Sôjûrô I, (5) Ichikawa Udanji I, (6) Bandô Hikosaburô V, (7) Kataoka Gatô II
玉揃浪花の大川 「三」四代目嵐璃寛 「四」初代中村宗十郎 「五」初代市川右団次 「六」五代目坂東彦三郎 二代目片岡我当
Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki (Japanese, 1841–1899)
Japanese
Meiji era
1870 (Meiji 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban pentaptych; 23.9 x 86.9 cm (9 7/16 x 34 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.542.11a-e
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 016-1750 (R), 016-1751 (CR), 016-1752 (C), 016-1753 (CL), 016-1754 (L); also 016-1749 (sheet 2, not in MFA), 016-1748 (sheet 1, not in MFA)
DescriptionSheets 3 to 7 of an incomplete heptaptych; title on sheet 1, not in MFA.
Sheet 1 (far right, not in MFA) shows Jitsukawa Enzaburô II; sheet 2 (not in MFA) shows Jitsukawa Enjaku I.
Actors, from right: (3) Arashi Rikan IV, (4) Nakamura Sôjûrô I, (5) Ichikawa Udanji I, (6) Bandô Hikosaburô V, (7) Kataoka Gadô II
「玉揃浪花の大川」
Sheet 1 (far right, not in MFA) shows Jitsukawa Enzaburô II; sheet 2 (not in MFA) shows Jitsukawa Enjaku I.
Actors, from right: (3) Arashi Rikan IV, (4) Nakamura Sôjûrô I, (5) Ichikawa Udanji I, (6) Bandô Hikosaburô V, (7) Kataoka Gadô II
「玉揃浪花の大川」
Signed
Yoshitaki ga (on each sheet)
芳滝画 よし滝画
芳滝画 よし滝画
Marks
Unidentified mark
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)