Actors Yamashita Kinsaku II as Kokin, the wife of Yuri no Hachirô (R), Kataoka Nizaemon VII as Yuri no Hachirô (C), and Iwai Kumesaburô I as Shikishima-hime (L)

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Actors Yamashita Kinsaku II as Kokin, the wife of Yuri no Hachirô (R), Kataoka Nizaemon VII as Yuri no Hachirô (C), and Iwai Kumesaburô I as Shikishima-hime (L)

二代目山下金作の小きん　七代目片岡仁左衛門の由利八郎　　初代岩井粂三郎の敷しま姫

Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762–1819)
Publisher: Enomotoya Kichibei (Hôeidô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1795 (Kansei 7), 11th month

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

Dimensions Hosoban triptych; 31.7 x 41.4 cm (12 1/2 x 16 5/16 in.)

Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24

Accession Number54.449, 54.451, 54.452

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 54.449 (right), 54.451 (center), 54.452 (left)

Play: Kaeribana Yuki no Yoshitsune
Theater: Miyako
帰花雪義経（かえりばなゆきのよしつね）
都

Signed Shun'ei ga (on each sheet)
春英画

Marks No censor's seal

Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)