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Actors Arashi Kamenojô II as Iwaiburo no Tomi (R) and Sawamura Tosshô I as Danshichi no Mohei (L), in the Play Sate mo Sono Naniwa no Kikigaki


「且説浪花」「いわゐふろのとみ 嵐亀之丞」(二代目)   「当写本」「団七の茂兵衛 沢村訥升」 (初代)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Chôzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1832 (Tenpô 3), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.9 x 51.7 cm (14 1/2 x 20 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40742a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 101-4329 (R only, no date)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.378091a-b, 11.40742a-b

Play: Sate mo Sono Nochi Naniwa no Kikigaki
Theater: Kawarazaki
且説浪花当写本(さてもそののちなにわのききがき)
昔語黄鳥墳(むかしがたりうぐいすづか)
江戸、河原崎
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
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: 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.