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「蝮の次郎吉 坂東彦三郎」（五代目）、「辻浦けん徳 中村鴈八」（初代） 「かん酒売与兵衛 河原崎権十郎」（初代）
Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V as Mamushi no Jirokichi, Nakamura Ganpachi I as Tsujiura Kentoku (R), and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as the Sake Vendor (Kanzake-uri) Yohei (L)
「蝮の次郎吉 坂東彦三郎」（五代目）、「辻浦けん徳 中村鴈八」（初代） 「かん酒売与兵衛 河原崎権十郎」（初代）
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Daijirô (Hori Dai) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Daijirô (Hori Dai) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37 × 50.2 cm (14 9/16 × 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.851-2
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 00.851 (left), 00.852 (right)
MFA impressions: 00.851-2, 11.38957a-b
Play: Mukashi-banashi Homare Soga
Theater: Nakamura
昔噺誉曽我（むかしばなしほまれそが）
中村
1864、文久０４、02・15
MFA impressions: 00.851-2, 11.38957a-b
Play: Mukashi-banashi Homare Soga
Theater: Nakamura
昔噺誉曽我（むかしばなしほまれそが）
中村
1864、文久０４、02・15
Signed
Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
国貞画(年玉枠）
国貞画(年玉枠）
Marks
Censor's seal: Rat 2 aratame
Blockcutter's marks: Matsushima Hori Dai (on right sheet), Hori Daijirô (on left sheet)
改印：子二改
彫師：松島彫大 彫大次郎
Blockcutter's marks: Matsushima Hori Dai (on right sheet), Hori Daijirô (on left sheet)
改印：子二改
彫師：松島彫大 彫大次郎
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)