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Actor Azuma Ichinojô I as Jingorô's Wife (Nyôbô) Omine, from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style (Imayô oshi-e kagami)


「今様押絵鏡 甚五郎女房おみね」 初代吾妻市之丞
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), intercalary 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.9 x 26.5 cm (15 5/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Porter Sargent
Accession Number49.1773
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (finale of Part 2): Oyobanu Ude Hidari no Horimono
Play (main feature): Kagamiyama Gonichi no Iwafuji
Theater: Ichimura
拙腕左彫物(およばぬうでひだりのほりもの) 常磐津、長唄
加賀見山再岩藤(かがみやまごにちのいわふじ)
市村、二番目大切
1860、安政07
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey intercalary 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印:申壬三改
彫師:横川彫竹
Inscriptions「くりかへす妻もかいこの左りきゝ 橘枝」
Provenance1949, gift of Porter Sargent to the MFA.