Actors Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Ichimonjiya Saihei (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Hayano Kanpei (C), and Onoe Kikujirô II as Okaru (L) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actors Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Ichimonjiya Saihei (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Hayano Kanpei (C), and Onoe Kikujirô II as Okaru (L)

Actors Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Ichimonjiya Saihei (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Hayano Kanpei (C), and Onoe Kikujirô II as Okaru (L)

「一もんじや才兵衛」四代目坂東彦三郎　　「早の勘平」八代目市川団十郎　「おかる」二代目尾上菊次郎

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Sasaya Matabei (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1847 (Kôka 4), 6th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 × 74.8 cm (14 3/16 × 29 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Source unidentified

Accession Number2009.4992.9a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano et al., Chûshingura VII (Akô-shi, 2014), list #1-595, photo p. 59

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

Play: Chûshin Meimei Kikigaki Zôsho
Theater: Nakamura
忠臣列撰随筆蔵（ちゅうしんめいめいききがきぞうしょ）
中村
1847、弘化０４

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet); signatures of several pupils on screen in right sheet
一勇斎国芳画(芳桐印) 一勇斎国芳画

Marks Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
彫師：なし