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Actor Iwai Hanshirô V as Shirai Gonpachi


「白井権八 岩井半四郎」(五代目)
Utagawa Kunimasu (Japanese, active 1823–1825)
Publisher: Imariya Ushizô (Bunhôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1823 (Bunka 6), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 24.6 cm (14 3/8 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16218
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (opening of Part 2): Yaegasumi Soga no Kumiito
Play (main feature): Ukiyozuka Hiyoku no Inazuma
Theater: Ichimura
八重霞曽我組糸(やえがすみそがのくみいと)
浮世柄比翼稲妻(うきよづかひよくのいなづま)
市村、第二番目序幕ヵ
Signed Kunimasu ga
国益画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.