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Actors Bandô Kamezô I as Hikimado Chôgorô (R) and Onoe Kikugorô IV as Kumasaka Ochô (L)


「引窓長五郎」初代坂東亀蔵  「熊坂お長」四代目尾上菊五郎
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 34.5 x 48.4 cm (13 9/16 x 19 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29980-1
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.29980 (left), 11.29981(right)

MFA impressions: 11.29980-1, 11.43848a-b

Play: Yume Musubu Chô ni Torioi
Theater: Ichimura
夢結蝶鳥追(ゆめむすぶちょうにとりおい)
市村
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 3
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Kane
改印:改、辰三
彫師:彫兼
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.