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Actor Ichikawa Shinsha I as Kokonoe of the Miuraya, from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style (Imayô oshi-e kagami)


「今様押絵鏡 三浦屋九重」 初代市川新車
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 24.5 cm (14 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.804
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 5, Victoria and Albert Museum II (1987), fig. 18
DescriptionPlay: Momochidori Nigiwai Soga
Theater: Morita
百鵆賑曽我(ももちどりにぎわいそが)
守田
1860、安政07
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印:申正改
彫師:横川彫竹
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)