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Actors Iwai Kumesaburô II as Kewaizaka no Shôshô and Onoe Kikugorô III as Soga Jûrô

about 1819 (Bunsei 2)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
DimensionsShikishiban; 20.9 x 18.5 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGeneral Funds
Accession number00.1947
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptions「大梁亭立方 うるさけにきほふて逃る蝶/\をおはへるさまよ風の青柳」「梅隣亭松蔭 咲にほふ花のかり場の家土産にきつてほしかる梅の一枝」
ProvenanceJanuary 1900, purchased at the Brinkley-Condor Sale by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 9, 1900)
The Warrior Class (Shi), from a Set of Four (Yonban tsuzuki)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1830–35 (early Tenpô era)