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「召使はつ 大谷友松」（初代） 「月」
Moon (Tsuki): Actor Ôtani Tomomatsu I as the Maid (Meshitsukai) Hatsu
「召使はつ 大谷友松」（初代） 「月」
Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki (Japanese, 1841–1899)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 23.9 x 17.9 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.542.32
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, ed., Kamigata yakusha-e gacho (2006), #49 (complete triptych)
DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych.
Play: Tsugiawase Koshiji no Meiboku (or Tsugiawase Koshiji no Ume)
Theater: Chikugo
接合北国梅（つぎあわせこしじのめいぼく、つぎあわせこしじのうめ）
筑後
Play: Tsugiawase Koshiji no Meiboku (or Tsugiawase Koshiji no Ume)
Theater: Chikugo
接合北国梅（つぎあわせこしじのめいぼく、つぎあわせこしじのうめ）
筑後
Signed
Yoshitaki ga
芳瀧画
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)