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「不破伴作 市村家橘」（四代目） 「名古屋小山三 沢村訥升」（二代目）
Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Fuwa Bansaku (R) and Sawamura Tosshô II as Nagoya Kosanza (L)
「不破伴作 市村家橘」（四代目） 「名古屋小山三 沢村訥升」（二代目）
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Yamamura Kinzaburô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamamura Kinzaburô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (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; 36.5 × 49.8 cm (14 3/8 × 19 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.837, 00.855
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 00.837 (left), 00.855 (right)
Play: Tsuru no Chitose Soga no Kadomatsu
Theater: Ichimura
鶴千歳曽我門松（つるのちとせそがのかどまつ）
市村
Play: Tsuru no Chitose Soga no Kadomatsu
Theater: Ichimura
鶴千歳曽我門松（つるのちとせそがのかどまつ）
市村
Signed
Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
国貞画
国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Chô (with a different spelling on each sheet)
改印：丑正改
彫師：ほり長、彫長
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Chô (with a different spelling on each sheet)
改印：丑正改
彫師：ほり長、彫長
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)