Actors Ichikawa Udanji I as Kirare Otomi (R) and Kataoka Gatô II as Yosaburô (L) in Tsuta Moyô Koi no Yokogushi – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actors Ichikawa Udanji I as Kirare Otomi (R) and Kataoka Gatô II as Yosaburô (L) in Tsuta Moyô Koi no Yokogushi

Actors Ichikawa Udanji I as Kirare Otomi (R) and Kataoka Gatô II as Yosaburô (L) in Tsuta Moyô Koi no Yokogushi

「蔦鍛恋横櫛」　「きられお富　市川右団二」（初代）　　「与三郎　片岡我我当」（二代目）

Nansuitei Yoshiyuki (Japanese, 1835–1879)

Japanese

Meiji era

1870 (Meiji 3), 10th month

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban diptych; 23.8 x 35.5 cm (9 3/8 x 14 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.542.16a-b

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Other prints for the same play: Ikeda bunko 5, #362-3

DescriptionPlay: Tsuta Moyô Koi no Yokogushi
Theater: Kado
蔦鍛恋横櫛（つたもようこいのよこぐし）
角

Signed Yoshiyuki (on each sheet)
芳雪

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)