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「梅ヶ枝」二代目中山南枝 「梶原源太」初代実川延三郎
Actors Nakayama Nanshi II as Umegae (R) and Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Kajiwara Genta (L)
「梅ヶ枝」二代目中山南枝 「梶原源太」初代実川延三郎
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 25 x 36.8 cm (9 13/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.541.4a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 107 (as 11.35556a-b; this # not listed); Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #384
DescriptionMFA impressions: 08.541.4a-b, 11.35556a-b
Play: Hiragana Seisuiki
Theater: Naka
08.541.4a-b has Kinkodô publisher's mark as does the Ikeda bunko impression. 11.35556a-b has Tsutakan publisher's mark on the right sheet, Kinkodô publisher's mark on the left sheet.
ひらがな盛衰記（ひらがなせいすいき）
中
Play: Hiragana Seisuiki
Theater: Naka
08.541.4a-b has Kinkodô publisher's mark as does the Ikeda bunko impression. 11.35556a-b has Tsutakan publisher's mark on the right sheet, Kinkodô publisher's mark on the left sheet.
ひらがな盛衰記（ひらがなせいすいき）
中
Signed
Hirosada (on each sheet)
広貞
広貞
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)