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Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Makimura's Servant (Shimobe) Shihei (R) and Sawamura Tanosuke III as Kijin Omatsu (L)


「牧村下部芝平 中村芝翫」(四代目) 「鬼神おまつ 沢村田之助」(三代目)
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 37.2 × 50.2 cm (14 5/8 × 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.833, 00.915
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 00.833 (right), 00.915 (left)

Play: Momochidori Sakigake Soga
Theater: Morita
百鵆魁曽我(ももちどりさきがけそが)
守田
Signed Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: Ox 1 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:丑正改
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)