Actors Ichikawa Sadanji I as Togashi Saemon and Ichikawa Danjûrô IX as Musashibô Benkei in Kanjinchô, One of the Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Kabuki jûhachiban no uchi Kanjinchô), from the series Contest of the Skills of Actors in Hit Plays (Atari kyôgen haiyû ude kurabe)
Toyohara Kunichika
(Japanese, 1835–1900)
Hasegawa Sonokichi
(Japanese)
1890 (Meiji 23), May
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 35.9 × 24 cm (14 1/8 × 9 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession number2016.1392
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ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)
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1881 (Meiji 14), January
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1862 (Bunkyû 2), 3rd month
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1862 (Bunkyû 2), 11th month
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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1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 1st month