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Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV as the Little Fox (Kogitsune) Reiza (R), Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Nippondaemon (C), and Onoe Kikujirô II as Funadama Osai (L)


「小狐礼三 市村家橘」(四代目)  「二本駄右衞門 市川小団次」(四代目)  「舟玉おさい 尾上菊次郎」(二代目)
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Maruya Tetsujirô (Enjudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.1 × 76.3 cm (14 5/8 × 30 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.923, 00.924, 00.1076
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 00.923 (right), 00.924 (center), 00.1076 (left)

MFA impressions: 00.923VR (00.923, 00.924, 00.1076), 11.38750a-c

Play: Koharu Nagi Okitsu Shiranami
Theater: Ichimura
小春穏沖津白浪(こはるなぎおきつしらなみ)
市村、二番目大切
1864、元治01
Signed Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 10 aratame
Blockcutter's marks: Hori Chô (on right and center sheets), Katada Hori Chô (on left sheet)
改印:子十改
彫師:彫長 片田彫長
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)