Puppet Performance of the Play Noriaibune Ehô Manzai by the Puppeteer Nishikawa Isaburô III, with Tokiwazu Music

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Puppet Performance of the Play Noriaibune Ehô Manzai by the Puppeteer Nishikawa Isaburô III, with Tokiwazu Music

「乗合船恵方万歳」　「西川伊三郎」（三代目）

Utagawa Yoshimune (Japanese, 1817–1880)
Publisher: Daikokuya Kinnosuke (Kinjirô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1866 (Keiô 2), 2nd month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 x 76.5 cm (14 5/8 x 30 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1370-2

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 00.1370 (left), 00.1371 (right), 00.1372 (center)

Nishikawa Isaburô III (1811-1872)
Play: Noriaibune Ehô Manzai

Signed Isshôsai Yoshimune ga (on right and left sheets only)
一松斎芳宗画

Marks Censor's seal: Tiger 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：寅二改
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)