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Actors Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Iwagawa Jirokichi (R) and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Tetsugadake Dataemon (L)


「岩川治郎吉」八代目片岡仁左衛門 「 鉄ヶ嶽陀太右衛門」初代中村福助
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.5 x 49.4 cm (14 x 19 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40835a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (interval between Part 1 and part 2): Sekitori Senryô Nobori
Play (main feature): Yoshitsune Senbon-zakura
Theater: Nakamura
関取千両幟(せきとりせんりょうのぼり)
義経千本桜(よしつねせんぼんざくら)
中村、一番目と二番目の間
1859、安政06、07・12
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 7 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:未七改
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.