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Actors Ichikawa Kuzô III as Hiraoka Shirogorô and Ichikawa Kobunji I as the Servant (Shimobe) Hikosuke


「平岡城五郎 市川九蔵」(三代目)、「下部彦助 市川小文次」
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.2 × 25.2 cm (14 5/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.850
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych; 00.1468 is the right sheet. The center sheet should show Sawamura Tanosuke III as Otake Dainichi.

Play: Futatsu Chô Iro no Dekiaki
Theater: Morita
双蝶色成曙(ふたつちょういろのできあき)
守田
Signed Kunisada ga
国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 10 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:子十改
彫師:なし
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)