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Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Kongôjin Jôroku (R), Seki Sanjûrô III as the Mother (Haha) Kataomoi, Onoe Baikô 4.6 (Kakunosuke) as the Younger Sister (Imôto) Benizara (C), and Sawamura Tanosuke III as the Stepchild (Mamako) Kakezara (L)


「金剛神畳六 中村芝翫」(四代目)  「母かたおもひ 関三十郎」(三代目)、「妹紅ざら 尾上梅孝」(4.6代目)  「まゝ子かけさら 沢村田之助」(三代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Kikuya Ichibei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Asakura Hori Man (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37 × 75.1 cm (14 9/16 × 29 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1230, 00.1243, 00.1244
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 00.1230 (left), 00.1243 (right), 00.1244 (center)

Play: Ichiban Norime Iki no Sashimono
Theater: Morita

The actor Onoe Kakunosuke used the name Onoe Baikô between 1864/2 and 1866/8 but is not recognized as an official member of the line. He is the second of the two unofficial holders of the name between Baikô IV and Baikô V.
魁駒松梅桜曙☆(いちばんのりめいきのさしもの)
守田
Signed Kunichika ga (on each sheet)
国周画
Marks Censor's seal: Ox 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Asakura Hori Man
改印:丑三改
彫師:朝倉彫万
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)