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「荒獅子男之助」三代目岩井粂三郎 「仁木弾正」初代松本錦升
Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Arajishi Otokonosuke (R) and Matsumoto Kinshô I as Nikki Danjô (L)
「荒獅子男之助」三代目岩井粂三郎 「仁木弾正」初代松本錦升
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.5 x 49.4 cm (14 3/8 x 19 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43929a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Date Zensei Sakura no Iromaku
Theater: Nakamura
伊達旭盛桜幕（だてぜんせいさくらのいろまく）
中村
1849、嘉永０２
Theater: Nakamura
伊達旭盛桜幕（だてぜんせいさくらのいろまく）
中村
1849、嘉永０２
Signed
Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on right sheet); Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
一陽斎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国画
一陽斎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
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.