Actors Kataoka Gatô II as Izutsu Yosaburô (R) and Ichikawa Udanji I as the Mistress (Mekake) Otomi (L), in Act 2 of Tsuta Moyô Koi no Yokogushi – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actors Kataoka Gatô II as Izutsu Yosaburô (R) and Ichikawa Udanji I as the Mistress (Mekake) Otomi (L), in Act 2 of Tsuta Moyô Koi no Yokogushi

Actors Kataoka Gatô II as Izutsu Yosaburô (R) and Ichikawa Udanji I as the Mistress (Mekake) Otomi (L), in Act 2 of Tsuta Moyô Koi no Yokogushi

「蔦鍛恋の横櫛　巻ノ弐」　「伊豆津与三郎　片岡我当」（二代目）　　「妾お富　市川右団二」（初代）

Ichiyōtei 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; 23.9 x 35.6 cm (9 7/16 x 14 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.542.19a-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 (on each sheet)
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)