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Actors Nakayama Nanshi II as Umegae (R) and Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Kajiwara Genta (L)

(Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)
(Japanese)
1851 (Kaei 4), 8th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical chûban diptych; 25 x 36.8 cm (9 13/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Credit LineAlfred Greenough Collection
Accession number08.541.4a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBy date unknown, Alfred Greenough Collection, Boston, MA; 1884, by inheritance to his uncle, Charles H. Parker, Milton, MA; 1908, bequest of Charles H. Parker to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 17, 2007)
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