Actors Arashi Kichisaburô III as Akabori Mizuemon and Kataoka Gadô II as Ishii Heisuke
「赤堀水右衛門」三代目嵐吉三郎 「石井兵助」二代目片岡我童
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 7th month
Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864), Publisher Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 25 cm (14 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Accession Number
11.40211
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Play: Soga Moyô Kameyama-zome
Theater: Kawarazaki
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Markings
Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、卯七
彫師:なし
Provenance
By 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection