Actors Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Motome (R) and Arashi Rikan III as Omiwa (L), in Imoseyama Onna Teikin – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actors Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Motome (R) and Arashi Rikan III as Omiwa (L), in Imoseyama Onna Teikin

Actors Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Motome (R) and Arashi Rikan III as Omiwa (L), in Imoseyama Onna Teikin

「もとめ　実川延三郎」（初代）　　「おみわ　嵐璃寛」（三代目）　「妹背山婦女庭訓」

Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki (Japanese, 1841–1899)

Japanese

Edo period

1870 (Meiji 3), 4th month

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban diptych; 23.9 x 35.8 cm (9 7/16 x 14 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.542.24a-b

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Imoseyama Onna Teikin
Theater: Kita Shinchi
妹背山婦女庭訓（いもせやまおんあていきん）
北新地

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)