Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Kongôjin Jôroku (R), Seki Sanjûrô III as the Mother (Haha) Kataomoi, Onoe Baikô 4.6 (Kakunosuke) as the Younger Sister (Imôto) Benizara (C), and Sawamura Tanosuke III as the Stepchild (Mamako) Kakezara (L)
Toyohara Kunichika
(Japanese, 1835–1900)
Kikuya Ichibei
(Japanese)
Asakura Hori Man
(Japanese)
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 3rd month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban triptych; 37 × 75.1 cm (14 9/16 × 29 9/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession number00.1230, 00.1243, 00.1244
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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)
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about 1878 (Meiji 11)
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Courtesan of the Owariya, No. 22 from the series A Master Text of Popular Songs (Hauta tora no maki)
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1863 (Bunkyû 3), 2nd month
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1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 2nd month
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1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 2nd month
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1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 1st month
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1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 10th month
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