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Actors Ichikawa Ichizô III as Shirai Gonpachi (R), Sawamura Tanosuke III as Komurasaki (C), Ichikawa Shinsha I as the Geisha Otaki, and Arashi Hinasuke VII as the Male Geisha (Otoko geisha) Hinahachi (L)


「白井権八」三代目市川市蔵 「小むらさき」三代目沢村田之助  「芸者おたき」初代市川新車、「男芸者ひな八」七代目嵐雛助
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Itoya Shôbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), intercalary 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.4 x 77.3 cm (14 3/4 x 30 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.994-6
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 00.994 (center), 00.995 (left), 00.996 (right)

MFA impressions: 00.824 (left sheet only), 00.994-6 (complete triptych)

Play (shosa, Part 1, Act 5): Nise Kakete Maru ni Inochi
Play (main feature): Hanagatami Gojûsan Tsugi
Theater: Morita
縁結柏丸いのち(にせかけてまるにいのち) 花薗
花摘篭五十三駅(はながたみごじゅうさんつぎ)
守田、一番目五立目
1860、万延01
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey intercalary 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印:申壬三改
彫師:彫竹
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)