Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Kangiku no Tanokichi (R), Sawamura Tosshô II as Kamegiku no Jô (?) (C), and Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Shiragiku no Kakichi (L)

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Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Kangiku no Tanokichi (R), Sawamura Tosshô II as Kamegiku no Jô (?) (C), and Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Shiragiku no Kakichi (L)

「環菊の田の吉」三代目沢村田之助　　「亀菊の尉ヵ」二代目沢村訥升　　「白菊の嘉吉」四代目市村家橘

Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1862 (Bunkyû 2), 10th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.3 × 75.3 cm (14 11/16 × 29 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.983-5

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 00.983 (center), 00.984 (left), 00.985 (right)

"Kangiku" was the name of one of the crests of the Sawamura acting family.

Signed Kunichika ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
国周画（年玉枠）

Marks Censor's seal: Dog 10 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：戌十改
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)