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Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V as Oguri Sôtan, actually Kaneuji; Sawamura Tosshô II as Manchô's Daughter (Musume) Okoma (R); and Sawamura Tanosuke III as Kohagi, actually Terute-hime (L)


「小栗半官実は兼氏 坂東彦三郎」(五代目)、「万丁娘お駒 沢村訥升」(二代目)  「小萩実は照手前 沢村田之助」(三代目)
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Enshûya Hikobei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 37 × 50.5 cm (14 9/16 × 19 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1270a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Hime Kurabe...
Theater: Nakamura

Advance publicity for a play that would open in the 11th month.
Signed Yoshitora ga (on each sheet)
芳虎画
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 10 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:戌十改
彫師:なし
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)