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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Oniwakamaru (R) and Iwai Kumesaburô II as Karasaki no Osugi (L)


「鬼若丸 市川団十郎」(七代目)  「唐崎のお杉 岩井粂三郎」(二代目)
Utagawa Sadakage I (Japanese, active about 1818–1844)
Japanese
Edo period
1825 (Bunsei 8), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 37.8 x 51.2 cm (14 7/8 x 20 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37249a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Oniwaka Kongen Butai
Theater: Nakamura
鬼若根元台(おにわかこんげんぶたい)
中村
1825、文政08、11・01
Signed Gokotei Sadakage ga (on each sheet)
五湖亭貞景画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
No publisher's mark
改印:極
版元: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.