Actors Jitsukawa Enjaku I as Yokozô (R) and Nakamura Kanjaku III as Jihizô (L) in the Play Honchô Nijûshi Kô – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actors Jitsukawa Enjaku I as Yokozô (R) and Nakamura Kanjaku III as Jihizô (L) in the Play Honchô Nijûshi Kô

Actors Jitsukawa Enjaku I as Yokozô (R) and Nakamura Kanjaku III as Jihizô (L) in the Play Honchô Nijûshi Kô

「横蔵　実川延若」（初代）　　「慈悲蔵　中村翫雀」（三代目）「本朝廿四孝」

Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki (Japanese, 1841–1899)

Japanese

Meiji era

1870 (Meiji 3), 10th month

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban diptych; 23.9 x 35.8 cm (9 7/16 x 14 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.542.28a-b

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Variant: Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 5 (2005), #366

DescriptionPlay: Honchô Nijûshi Kô
Theater: Chikugo
本朝廿四孝（ほんちょうにじゅうしこう）
筑後

Signed Yoshitaki ga
芳瀧画

ProvenanceBy date unknown, Alfred Greenough Collection, Boston, MA; 1884, by inheritance to his uncle, Charles H. Parker, Milton, MA; 1908, bequest of Charles H. Parker to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 17, 2007)