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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as the Footman (Yakko) Mojisuke, Actually (Jitsuwa) Owari Dennai; and Ichikawa Omezô I as Karahashi Seigorô, from a series of actor prints with crests on fans


「奴文字助実ハ小割伝内 市川団十郎」(七代目)、「唐橋清五郎 市川男女蔵」(初代)
Utagawa Kuniyasu (Japanese, 1794–1832)
Publisher: Matsumura Tatsuemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1822 (Bunsei 5), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.4 x 25.6 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37189
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDrawing based on another print from the series: 2009.5012.31

Play: Katakiuchi Meika no Akebono
Theater: Ichimura
敵討名歌曙(かたきうちめいかのあけぼの)
市村
Signed Kuniyasu ga
国安画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.