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Actors Onoe Baikô IV Representing the Jewel River of Kii (Kii Tamagawa) (R), Sawamura Chôjûrô V Representing Both the Jewel River of Noji and the Jewel River of Ide (Noji Tamagawa, Ide Tamagawa) (C), and Iwai Kumesaburô III Representing the Cloth-fulling Jewel River (Tôi Tamagawa) (L)


「紀伊玉川」四代目尾上梅幸  「野路玉川」・「井出玉川」五代目沢村長十郎  「梼衣玉川」三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.9 × 76.5 cm (14 1/8 × 30 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Source unidentified
Accession Number2009.4992.6a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.36660a-b (two right sheets only; deaccessioned in 2019), 2009.4992.6a-c (complete)

From an album of triptychs (plus one diptych), 2009.4992.1a-c to 2009.4992.17a-c

Play (shosa, finale of Part 2): Mu Tamagawa Iroe no Sugatami
Play (main feature): Date Zensei Sakura no Iromaku
Theater: Nakamura
六玉川彩絵姿鏡(むたまがわいろえのすがたみ)、富本、長唄
伊達旭盛桜幕(だてぜんせいさくらのいろまく)
中村、二番目大切
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画(芳桐印)
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松
彫師:なし