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Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Nozarashi Gosuke (R) and Bandô Mitsugorô VI as the Girl (Musume) Odai (L)


「野晒語助 市村羽左衛門」(十三代目)  「娘おたい 坂東三津五郎」(六代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Yorozuya Zentarô (Manzen)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36 × 49 cm (14 3/16 × 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41565a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kunichika ga (on each sheet)
国周画
Marks Censor's seal: Ox 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:丑二改
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.