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Actors Ichikawa Danzô VI as Izumi no Saburô (R) and Nakamura Shikan IV as Gotô Hyôe (L)


「泉ノ三郎」六代目市川団蔵 「後藤兵衛」四代目中村芝翫
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.5 x 48.9 cm (14 x 19 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40892a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (second feature): Yoshitsune Koshigoe Jô
Play (main feature): Katakiuchi Amanohashidate
Theater: Morita
義経腰越状(よしつねこしごえじょう)
復讐天橋立(かたきうちあまのはしだて)
守田、二番目
1860、万延01
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 7 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印:申七改
彫師:彫竹
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.