Actors Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Yohei, the Son-in-Law of the Furniture Store (Dôguya muko), and Iwai Yonejirô I as Otake, a Worker at the Furniture Store (Dôguya naka hataraki )

DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Actors Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Yohei, the Son-in-Law of the Furniture Store (Dôguya muko), and Iwai Yonejirô I as Otake, a Worker at the Furniture Store (Dôguya naka hataraki )

「道具屋むこ与兵衛　河原崎権十郎」（初代）　「道具屋仲はたらきお竹　岩井米次郎」（初代）

Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Iseya Tetsujirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 2nd month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 24.1 cm (14 9/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.29141

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 101-3097

DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.

MFA impressions: *11.29141 (right sheet only; deaccessioned in 2019), 11.38752a-c, 11.38981a-c

Play: Mukashi-banashi Homare Soga
Theater: Nakamura
昔噺誉曽我（むかしばなしほまれそが）、道具屋の場
中村
1864、文久０４、02・15

Signed Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche
国貞画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: Rat 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô
改印：子二改
彫師：片田彫長

ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

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.