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二代目市川八百蔵の徳兵衛 と 二代目瀬川菊之丞のおはつ ヵ 二代目市川八百蔵の茜屋半七 と 二代目瀬川菊之丞のさんかつ
Actors Ichikawa Yaozô II as Tokubei (R) and Segawa Kikunojô II as Ohatsu (L) (in 1767.2) OR Ichikawa Yaozô II as Akaneya Hanshichi (R) and Segawa Kikunojô II as Sankatsu (L) (in 1768.8)
二代目市川八百蔵の徳兵衛 と 二代目瀬川菊之丞のおはつ ヵ 二代目市川八百蔵の茜屋半七 と 二代目瀬川菊之丞のさんかつ
Ippitsusai Bunchô (Japanese, active about 1765–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1767 (Meiwa 4), 2nd month OR 1768 (Meiwa 5), 8th month)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban diptych; 32.2 x 27.4 cm (12 11/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1038, 11.18524
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 2, British Museum II (1988), fig. 78 (L only); Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Bunchô list, #71 (R) and #173 (L); Waterhouse, Harunobu and His Age (1964), #1 (L only, no date)
DescriptionDiptych: 06.1038 (left), 11.18524 (right)
MFA impressions: 06.1038VR (complete diptych: 06.1038, 11.18524), 21.4686 (right sheet only)
Play: Yo ni Ôsaka Nitsui no Myôto
Theater: Ichimura, 1767.2
OR
Play: Michiyuki Obana ga Tsuyu
Theater: Nakamura, 1768.8
世大阪二対女夫（よにおほさかについのめうと）、市村ヵ
道行尾花が露（みちゆきおばながつゆ）、中村ヵ
MFA impressions: 06.1038VR (complete diptych: 06.1038, 11.18524), 21.4686 (right sheet only)
Play: Yo ni Ôsaka Nitsui no Myôto
Theater: Ichimura, 1767.2
OR
Play: Michiyuki Obana ga Tsuyu
Theater: Nakamura, 1768.8
世大阪二対女夫（よにおほさかについのめうと）、市村ヵ
道行尾花が露（みちゆきおばながつゆ）、中村ヵ
Signed
Ippitsusai Bunchô ga (on each sheet)
一筆齊文調画
一筆齊文調画
Marks
Artist's seal: Mori uji
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross