Actors Onoe Kikujirô II as Fuji no kata, Nakayama Ichizô I as Yamana Sôzen (R), and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Jirô Kanja (L)

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Actors Onoe Kikujirô II as Fuji no kata, Nakayama Ichizô I as Yamana Sôzen (R), and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Jirô Kanja (L)

「ふじの方」二代目尾上菊次郎、「山名宗全」初代中山市蔵　「治郎冠者」三代目岩井粂三郎

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1851 (Kaei 4), 8th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 37 x 51.5 cm (14 9/16 x 20 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.29975, 11.45169

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.29975 (right sheet), 11.45169 (left sheet)

MFA impressions: 11.29975VR (11.29975, 11.45169), 11.43745a-b

Play: Higashiyama Sakura Zôshi
Theater: Nakamura
東山桜荘子（ひがしやまさくらぞうし）
中村

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)

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