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Group Shot: 00.1046, 00.1470

A Visit to the Palace Garden (Oniwa no yûran), from the series (?) Modern Genji (Imayô Genji)

(Japanese, 1823–1880)
(Japanese, 1848–1920)
(Japanese)
1869 (Meiji 2), 3rd month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban diptych; 36.2 × 46.9 cm (14 1/4 × 18 7/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession number00.1046, 00.1470
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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)
Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Sakama Jin'emon and Bandô Matsujirô as Umenosuke
Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Sakama Jin'emon and Bandô Matsujirô as Umenosuke
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 10th month
Waterfall
Waterfall
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
1869 (Meiji 2), 3rd month
Middle Room (Manaka heya): Actors Arashi Kichiroku I, Nakamura Shikan IV, and Nakamura Tôzô II, from the series Glimpses of Actors Backstage (Haiyû gakuya no sugatami)
Middle Room (Manaka heya): Actors Arashi Kichiroku I, Nakamura Shikan IV, and Nakamura Tôzô II, from the series Glimpses of Actors Backstage (Haiyû gakuya no sugatami)
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 11th month
Dressing Room of a Billboard Star (Kakidashi tachiyaku heya): Actors Nakamura Kamenojô I and Sawamura Tosshô II (seated), from the series Glimpses of Actors Backstage (Haiyû gakuya no sugatami)
Dressing Room of a Billboard Star (Kakidashi tachiyaku heya): Actors Nakamura Kamenojô I and Sawamura Tosshô II (seated), from the series Glimpses of Actors Backstage (Haiyû gakuya no sugatami)
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 1st month
Rehearsel (Shita keiko): Author Segawa Jokô III and Actors Ichikawa Shinsha I, Nakamura Tsuruzô I, and Nakamura Fukusuke II, from the series Glimpses of Actors Backstage (Haiyû gakuya no sugatami)
Rehearsel (Shita keiko): Author Segawa Jokô III and Actors Ichikawa Shinsha I, Nakamura Tsuruzô I, and Nakamura Fukusuke II, from the series Glimpses of Actors Backstage (Haiyû gakuya no sugatami)
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 1st month
Dressing Room of the Top Star (Zagashira heya): Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V (in bathrobe) and Nakayama Genjûrô II, from the series Glimpses of Actors Backstage (Haiyû gakuya no sugatami)
Dressing Room of the Top Star (Zagashira heya): Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V (in bathrobe) and Nakayama Genjûrô II, from the series Glimpses of Actors Backstage (Haiyû gakuya no sugatami)
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 10th month
Large Room (Ôbeya): Actors (from right) Ichikawa Kuzô III, Seki Sanjûrô III, and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I, from the series Glimpses of Actors Backstage (Haiyû gakuya no sugatami)
Large Room (Ôbeya): Actors (from right) Ichikawa Kuzô III, Seki Sanjûrô III, and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I, from the series Glimpses of Actors Backstage (Haiyû gakuya no sugatami)
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 1st month
Author's Room (Sakusha-beya): Musician Kiyomoto Enjudayû, Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV, and Author Kawatake Shinshichi (later Kawatake Mokuami), from the series Glimpses of Actors Backstage (Haiyû gakuya no sugatami)
Author's Room (Sakusha-beya): Musician Kiyomoto Enjudayû, Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV, and Author Kawatake Shinshichi (later Kawatake Mokuami), from the series Glimpses of Actors Backstage (Haiyû gakuya no sugatami)
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 1st month
Dressing Room of the Top Female-role Actor (Tate onnagata heya): Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III (seated) and Nakamura Ichô, from the series Glimpses of Actors Backstage (Haiyû gakuya no sugatami)
Dressing Room of the Top Female-role Actor (Tate onnagata heya): Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III (seated) and Nakamura Ichô, from the series Glimpses of Actors Backstage (Haiyû gakuya no sugatami)
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 11th month
The Ninth Month (Kikuzuki), from the series Five Festivals for Eastern Genji (Azuma Genji mitate Gosekku)
The Ninth Month (Kikuzuki), from the series Five Festivals for Eastern Genji (Azuma Genji mitate Gosekku)
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
1855 (Ansei 2), 5th month
No. 20, Asagao, from the series Lady Murasaki's Genji Cards (Murasaki Shikibu Genji karuta)
No. 20, Asagao, from the series Lady Murasaki's Genji Cards (Murasaki Shikibu Genji karuta)
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
1857 (Ansei 4), 1st month
No. 18, Matsukaze, from the series Lady Murasaki's Genji Cards (Murasaki Shikibu Genji karuta)
No. 18, Matsukaze, from the series Lady Murasaki's Genji Cards (Murasaki Shikibu Genji karuta)
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
1857 (Ansei 4), 1st month