Actor Bandô Shûka I as the Apprentice (Detchi) Hisamatsu

「でつち久松」　初代坂東しうか

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Kogaya Katsugorô (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 5th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 33 x 22.9 cm (13 x 9 in.)

Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich

Accession NumberRES.51.75

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Osome Hisamatsu Ukina no Ukeuri
Theater: Ichimura
お染久松嬰請売（おそめひさまつうきなのうけうり）
市村

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画

Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Kinugasa
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、衣笠
彫師：なし

Provenance1951, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA.