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Actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as Kasugaya Tokijirô (R) and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Yamanaya Urazato (L)


「春日屋時次郎」初代中村福助 「山名屋浦里」三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.8 x 48.1 cm (14 1/8 x 18 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40815a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale of Part 2): Akegarasu Yuki no Urazato
Play (main feature): Wakaki no Ume Satomi no Yatsufusa
Theater: Nakamura
明烏雪浦里(あけがらすゆきのうらざと) 清元
若樹梅里見八総(わかきのうめさとみのやつふさ)
中村、二番目大切
1857、安政04
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳五
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.