Actors Jitsukawa Enjaku I as Shundô Tokujirô (R) and Nakamura Komanosuke V as the Tabacconist Kihachi (L)

「しゅん道徳次郎　実川延若」（初代）　　「田葉こや奇八　中むら駒之助」（五代目）

Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 8th month
Artist Nansuitei Yoshiyuki (Japanese, 1835–1879)

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Catalogue Raisonné

Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 118; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #650

Dimensions

Vertical chûban diptych; 24.8 x 36.8 cm (9 3/4 x 14 1/2 in.)

Accession Number

11.36234a-b

Medium or Technique

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Not On View

Collections

Asia, Prints and Drawings

Classifications

Prints

Signed

Yoshiyuki (on each sheet)
芳雪

Provenance

By 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.

Credit Line

William Sturgis Bigelow Collection