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「阿国かぶき」 「拾二支之内 子」 「松前鉄之助 実川延三郎」（初代） 「仁木弾正 嵐吉三郎」（三代目）
Rat (Ne): Actors Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Matsuzen Tetsunosuke (R) and Arashi Kichisaburô III as Nikki Danjô (L), in Okuni Kabuki, from the series Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (Jûnishi no uchi)
「阿国かぶき」 「拾二支之内 子」 「松前鉄之助 実川延三郎」（初代） 「仁木弾正 嵐吉三郎」（三代目）
Isshusai Kunikazu (Japanese, active about 1848–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 26.1 × 18 cm (10 1/4 × 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession Number2016.1324a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.37055a-b (with signature in metallic pigment), 2016.1324 (no signature)
Play: Keisei Okuni Kabuki
Theater: Naka
けいせい阿国歌舞伎（けいせいおくにかぶき）
中
Play: Keisei Okuni Kabuki
Theater: Naka
けいせい阿国歌舞伎（けいせいおくにかぶき）
中
Signed
(this edition unsigned)
Provenancesold by Peter Gilder, Arts and Design of Japan, San Francisco, CA, to Anne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)