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Actors Iwai Hanshiro IV as Aikyô Dôji (R) and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Inyaku Dôji (L)


四代目岩井半四郎のあいきやう童子  二代目市川門之助のいにゃく童子
Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762–1819)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1793 (Kansei 5), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban diptych; 31.8 x 28.2 cm (12 1/2 x 11 1/8 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 Number54.444-5
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ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 54.444 (right), 54.445 (left)

Play: Kagura-zuki Momiji no Sekifuda
Play (main feature): Nigiwai Genji Hana Saku Kado
Theater: Kawarazaki
神楽月紅葉関札(かぐらづきもみじのせきふだ)
花麗源氏花咲門(にぎわいげんじはなさくかど)
河原崎座
Signed Shun'ei ga (on each sheet)
春英画
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)