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Actors Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Kinmon no Iza (R) and Onoe Kikujirô II as Koume no Koyoshi (L)


「金紋ノ伊三」四代目坂東彦三郎  「小梅の小よし」二代目尾上菊次郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.1 x 49.8 cm (14 3/16 x 19 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43727a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa): Michiyuki Horetadoshi Iro no Yozakura
Play (main feature): Kagamiyama Gonichi no Ishibumi
Theater: Ichimura
道行 惚双色夜桜(ほれたどしいろのよざくら) 富本
鏡山再盛花碑亀(かがみやまごにちのいしぶみ)
市村
1855、安政02
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 3
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、卯三
彫師:なし
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.