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Actors Bandô Hikosaburô III as Kudô Kanaimaru and Onoe Matsusuke I as Yawata no Saburô


三代目坂東彦三郎の工藤金石丸、初代尾上松助の八幡ノ三郎
Ippitsusai Bunchô (Japanese, active about 1765–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1770 (Meiwa 7), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 26.6 x 19.6 cm (10 1/2 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19315
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (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 Ippitsusai Bunchô ga
一筆齊文調画
Marks Artist's seal: Mori uji
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.