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Actors Ôtani Tomomatsu I as Thief (Tôzoku) Ishikawa Goemon (R) and Ôtani Tomomatsu I as Haginoya Yaegiri (L)


「とうぞく石川五右衛門」初代大谷友松 「萩のや八重ぎり」初代大谷友松
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.3 x 49.1 cm (14 5/16 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43853a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Konoshita Kage Hazama Gassen
Theater: Morita
木下蔭狭間合戦(このしたかげはざまかっせん)
森田
1856、安政03
Signed Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on right sheet), Toyokuni ga (in kana, on left sheet)
香蝶楼豊国画(年玉枠) とよくに画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 7
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take (left sheet only)
改印: 改、辰七
彫師: 彫竹 (L)
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.