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「夏目四良三郎」八代目市川団十郎、「手下かん太」 「手下孝蔵」、「身臣也実ハ鬼神於松」初代坂東しうか、 「手下とら八」
Actors Ichikawa Danjurô VIII as Natsume Shirosaburô, Nakamura Kan'nosuke I as Teshita Kanta (R), unidentified actor as Teshita Kôzô, Bandô Shûka I as Jiraiya, Actually Kijin Omatsu, and unidentified actor as Teshita Torahachi (L)
「夏目四良三郎」八代目市川団十郎、「手下かん太」 「手下孝蔵」、「身臣也実ハ鬼神於松」初代坂東しうか、 「手下とら八」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 34.9 x 48 cm (13 3/4 x 18 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38399a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionUnidentified publisher's mark.
Play: Shinpan Koshi no Shiranami
Theater: Ichimura, Second Feature
Main Feature: Genji Moyô Furisode Hinagata
新板越白浪（しんぱんこしのしらなみ）
源氏模様娘雛形（げんじもようふりそでひながた）
市村、二番目
Play: Shinpan Koshi no Shiranami
Theater: Ichimura, Second Feature
Main Feature: Genji Moyô Furisode Hinagata
新板越白浪（しんぱんこしのしらなみ）
源氏模様娘雛形（げんじもようふりそでひながた）
市村、二番目
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田
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.
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.