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Actors Ichikawa Dannosuke III as Kan Shôjô (R) and Bandô Mitsugorô III as Kakuju (L)


「菅相丞 市川団之助」(三代目)  「かくじゆ 坂東三津五郎」(三代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Kawachiya Genshichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1812 (Bunka 9), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 39.3 x 52.7 cm (15 1/2 x 20 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22864-5
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.22864 (left), 11.22865 (right)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
Theater: Ichimura
菅原伝授手習鑑(すがわらでんじゅてならいかがみ)
市村
1812、文化09、09・01
Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
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: 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.