The Old Story of the Female Seigen (Mukashigatari Onna Seigen): Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Hanako no mae, later Seigen-ni (R), and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Yoshida Matsuwakamaru (L)

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The Old Story of the Female Seigen (Mukashigatari Onna Seigen): Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Hanako no mae, later Seigen-ni (R), and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Yoshida Matsuwakamaru (L)

「昔語女清玄」　三代目岩井粂三郎の清玄尼　八代目市川団十郎の松若丸

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyūdō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1847 (Kôka 4), 2nd month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.8 x 48.8 cm (14 1/8 x 19 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number17.3216.6-7

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 17.3216.6 (left), 17.3216.7 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.39062a-c (complete triptych, key block), 11.43775a-b (two left sheets, color), 17.3216.6-7 (two left sheets, color)

Play: Butai no Hana Yayoi no Irodoki
Theater: Nakamura
台の雪花隅色薗（ぶたいのはなやよいのいろどき）
中村
1847、弘化０４

Signed Ôju Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Hanmoto no ôju Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
応需豊国画　梓元の応需豊国画

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