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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Kasugaya Tokijirô and Bandô Shûka I as Yamanaya Urazato


「春日屋時次郎」八代目市川団十郎、「山名屋浦里」初代坂東しうか
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 25 cm (14 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22098
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale of Part 2): Akegarasu Hana ni Nureginu
Play (main feature): Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Ichimura
明烏花濡衣(あけがらすはなにぬれぎぬ) 常磐津、富本、長唄
仮名手本忠臣蔵(かなでほんちゅうしんぐら)
市村、二番目大切
1851、嘉永04、02・24
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込
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: 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.