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Actor Bandô Shûka I as Shinsuke's Wife (Nyôbô) Omoto


「申介女房おもと」初代坂東しうか
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Okaei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.3 × 25.3 cm (14 11/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession Number2016.1343
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionActor's name handwritten on a separate slip of paper, pasted on.

Play (shosa): Yoru no Tsuru Omoi no Yukidoke
Play (main feature): Aoto Banashi
Theater: Ichimura
夜鶴思雪解(よるのつるおもいのゆきどけ)
青砥調(あおとばなし)
市村
1849、嘉永02、01・17
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込
彫師:なし
ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)