Actors Ichikawa Kuzô III as Tamajima Kihei (R) and Nakamura Shikan IV as Shimobe Gunpei (L) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actors Ichikawa Kuzô III as Tamajima Kihei (R) and Nakamura Shikan IV as Shimobe Gunpei (L)

Actors Ichikawa Kuzô III as Tamajima Kihei (R) and Nakamura Shikan IV as Shimobe Gunpei (L)

「玉島喜兵衛　市川九蔵」（三代目）　「下部軍平　中村芝翫」（四代目）

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; 37.4 × 50.9 cm (14 3/4 × 20 1/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.845-6

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 00.845 (left), 00.846 (right)

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)