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Actors Ôtani Tomoemon I as the Footman (Yakko) Emohei (R) and Onoe Kikugorô I as Itô Sukekiyo (L)


初代大谷友右衛門の奴ゑも平  初代尾上菊五郎の伊藤祐清
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1770 (Meiwa 7), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban diptych; 30.8 x 28.2 cm (12 1/8 x 11 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18880-1
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.18880 (right), 11.18881 (left); virtual record: 11.18880-1

Play (kaomise): Myôto-giku Izu no Kisewata
Theater: Ichimura
女夫菊伊豆着綿(めおとぎくいづのきせわた)
市村
Signed Shunshô ga (on each sheet)
春章画
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.