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Actors Nakamura Kamenojô I as Konosato (R), Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Tanshichi (C), and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Otowa (L), with musicians Hanagaki Toyohachi (R), Hanagaki Toyozô, Azumaji Fujitayû (C), Azumaji Harutayû, and Azumaji Yododayû (L), in the Jôruri number Shuju Satta Chikai no Kakegaku


「浄瑠理 五街町に浮名を流す音羽丹七は粟島の由来 種仝薩陲誓掛額」 「花垣豊八」、「此里」初代中村歌女之丞  「花垣豊造」、「吾妻路富士太夫」、「丹七」初代河原崎権十郎  「吾妻路春太夫」、「音羽」三代目岩井粂三郎、「吾妻路淀太夫」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.6 x 77.5 cm (14 13/16 x 30 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1005, 00.1006a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Edo-Tokyo Museum, Edo kabuki (1995), #3-47
DescriptionTriptych: 00.1005 (left), 00.1006a-b (center, right)

Play (shosa, finale of Part 2): Shuju Satta Chikai no Kakegaku
Play (main feature): Sekai mo Awase Chôchô Komon
Theater: Nakamura
種仝薩陲誓掛額(しゅじゅさったちかいのかけがく) 吾妻路、富本、義太夫 世界袷蝶仝小紋(せかいもあわせちょうちょうこもん)
中村、二番目大切
1859、安政06
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 4 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:未四改
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)