Actors Bandô Shûka (Bandô Mitsugorô VI) and Ichimura Kakitsu IV in an Imagined Version of the ... Scene from Konezumi no Chûji
「見立 小鼠の忠次 」 「坂東志うか」（六代目坂東三津五郎）、「市村家橘」（四代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 4th month
Artist Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900), Publisher Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese), Blockcutter Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Dimensions
Vertical ôban
Accession Number
11.21903
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
上総綿小紋単地（ かずさもめんこもんのひとえじ ）
Signed
Kunichika ga
国周画
Markings
Censor's seal: Rat 4 aratame (mirror-image reversed)
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Tashichi
改印：子四改
彫師：彫工多七
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: 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection