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Actors Iwai Hanshirô VI as Ohaya (R) and Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Kago no Jinbei (L)


「おはや 岩井半四郎」(六代目)  「かごの甚兵衛 坂東三津五郎」(四代目)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ôtaya Sakichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1834 (Tenpô 5), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.6 x 49.7 cm (14 7/16 x 19 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38453a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kuniyoshi Project db
DescriptionPlay: Dekiaki Yawata Matsuri
Theater: Morita
当秋八幡祭
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
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: 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.