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Actors Nakamura Utaemon III as Oniô Shinzaemon and Bandô Mitsugorô III as Kobayashi Asahina

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 number00.1945
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem by Amanoya Wakashiba: Wakamizu no/ tsurube futatsu ni/ tsukisoete/ magokoro fukaki/ kurumai no tsuna Poem by Hisakataya: Hana kakaru/ tokoro o shibashi/ Ise ebi no/ hige ga tometaru/ kado no hagonoko 「天の屋若芝 若水の釣瓶ふたつに付添てまこゝろ深き車井の綱」「久堅屋 飛かゝる所をしはし伊勢海老の髭かとめたる門のはこの子」
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)