Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Ashikaga Mitsuuji and an Unidentified Actor as the Old Woman (Rôjo) Shinonome, from the series Square Pictures in Old and New Styles (Kodai imayô shikishi awase)

「古代今様色紙合」　「老女しのゝめ」、「足利光氏」八代目市川団十郎

Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine) (Japanese, 1787–1868)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1852 (Kaei 5), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34.6 x 24.8 cm (13 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.45126

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.25906, 11.45126

Play: Genji Moyô Furisode Hinagata
Theater: Ichimura
源氏模様娘雛形（げんじもようふりそでひながた）
市村座
1851、嘉永０４、09・09

Signed Rôjo Shinonome, Seiryûken Kiyomitsu ga; Ashikaga Mitsuuji, Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga
老女しのゝめ　青柳軒清満画、足利光氏　香蝶楼豊国画

Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 11
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、子十一
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: 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.