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Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V as Kokusen'ya (R) and Kawarazaki Gonjurô I as Watônai (L)


「こくせんや 坂東彦三郎」(五代目)、「和党内 河原崎権十郎」(初代)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Yorozuya Zentarô (Manzen)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.6 × 25.9 cm (14 13/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16432
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16432, *11.22557 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.41687

Play (interval): Kokusen'ya Kassen
Play (main feature): Tamakushige Akebono Soga
Theater: Nakamura
国性爺合戦(こくせんやかっせん)
宝九字匣曙曽我(たまくしげあけぼのそが)
中村、一番目と二番目の間
1863、文久03、01・14
Signed Kunichika ga
国周画
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 1 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:亥正改
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: 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.