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Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô III as Inanoya Hanjûrô (R) and Segawa Kikunojô III as Koina (L)


三代目沢村宗十郎の稲野屋半十郎  三代目瀬川菊之丞の小稲
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Enomotoya Kichibei (Hôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1797 (Kansei 9), intercalary 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.7 x 49.3 cm (14 7/16 x 19 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.24973-4
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.24973 (right), 11.24974 (left)

Play: Tsuki wa Musashino Aki no Sewagoto
Theater: Kiri
月武蔵野秋狂言(つきはむさしのあきのせわごと)

Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
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.