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Yakusha konotegashiwa (Actors on Both Sides of the Leaf)

Yakusha konotegashiwa (Actors on Both Sides of the Leaf)

役者此手嘉志和

Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Author: Utei Enba (Japanese, 1743–1822)

Japanese

Edo period

1803 (Kyôwa 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper

Dimensions 21.4 x 15.1 cm (8 7/16 x 5 15/16 in.) (hanshibon)

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse

Accession Number2009.5021

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Golden Age (2010), #141; Keyes, Ehon (2006), #33; Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 7 (1990), p. 751

ProvenanceBetween about 1897 and 1907, probably acquired in Japan by Charles J. Morse (b. 1852 - d. 1911), Evanston, IL; by descent to his son, Jared Kirtland Morse (b. 1886 - d. 1949) and his wife, Caroline Roberts Morse (b. 1907 - d. 1982), Cromwell, CT; gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 4, 2009)