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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Soga Gorô and Bandô Mitsugorô III as Kobayashi no Asahina

1827 (Bunsei 10)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
DimensionsShikishiban; 21.1 x 18.4 cm (8 5/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGeneral Funds
Accession number00.1941
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem by Yukinoya Takane: Chiyo no haru/ hikeru kasumi no/ koromode ni/ medatsu hinata no/ tsuru no marumon Poem by Hôichitei Masunari: Sawarabi no/ nigiri kobushi mo/ hanenokete/ isami tachitaru/ haru no wakakoma 千代のはる ひける霞の 衣手に めたつ日向の 鶴の丸紋  雪廼屋高根 さわらひの にきり拳も はねのけて いさみ立ちたる はるの若駒  宝市亭升成
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)