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Actor Bandô Shûka I as Shinsuke's Wife (Nyôbô) Omoto

(Japanese, 1797–1861)
(Japanese)
1849 (Kaei 2), 1st month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 37.3 × 25.3 cm (14 11/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession number2016.1343
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)
Takiguchi Shinsuke
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1851–52 (Kaei 4–5)
Chiyo of Kaga Province (Kaga no kuni Chiyo-jo)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1845 (Kôka 2)