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

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

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

「蔦鍛恋の横くし」　「妾お富　市川右団二」（初代）　　「伊豆津与三郎　片岡我当」（二代目）

Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki (Japanese, 1841–1899)

Japanese

Meiji era

1870 (Meiji 3), 10th month

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban diptych; 23.4 x 35.4 cm (9 3/16 x 13 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.542.18a-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（つたのきたえこいのよこぐし）
角

Signed Yoshitaki ga
芳瀧画

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)