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Congratulations (Kotobuki) to the Ichikawa Family [crest]! History of the Ichikawa Line (Edo Ichikawa ryû), Portrait of Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô I, and List of the Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Kabuki kyôgen kumi Jûhachiban), in Honor of the Name Change of Ichikawa Danjûrô VII to Ebizô and His Son, the Former Ebizô, to Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII, in the Third Month of the Year of the Water Dragon (Mizunoe tatsu, sangatsu, Ichikawa Nanadaime Danjûrô aratame Ebizô, Jisshi Ichikawa Hachidaime Ebizô aratame Danjûrô)

(Japanese, 1787–1868)
1832 (Tenpô 3), 3rd month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
DimensionsHorizontal double ôban; 40.6 x 57.3 cm (16 x 22 9/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession number00.1674
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ClassificationsPrints
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)
Parody of the Story of Yoritomo Releasing Cranes at Yuigahama
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine)
about 1815 (Bunka 12)
Parody of the Story of Yoritomo Releasing Cranes at Yuigahama
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine)
about 1815 (Bunka 12)