Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Nuregami Chôgorô (R), Sawamura Tanosuke III as Hanaregoma Chôkichi (C), and Sawamura Tosshô II as Chôkichi's Older Sister (Ane) Oseki (L)

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Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Nuregami Chôgorô (R), Sawamura Tanosuke III as Hanaregoma Chôkichi (C), and Sawamura Tosshô II as Chôkichi's Older Sister (Ane) Oseki (L)

「ぬれ髪長五郎　中村芝翫」（四代目）　　「はなれ駒長吉　沢村田之助」（三代目）　　「長吉姉お関　沢村訥升」（二代目）

Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 9th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.3 × 75.6 cm (14 11/16 × 29 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1047a-b, 00.1073

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 00.1047a-b (center and left sheets), 00.1073 (right sheet)

Play: Futatsu Chô Iro no Dekiaki
Theater: Morita
双蝶色成曙（ふたつちょういろのできあき）
守田

Signed Kunichika ga (on each sheet)
国周画

Marks Censor's seal: Rat 9 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: toshidama
改印：子九改
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)