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Actors Sawamura Tanosuke II in an unidentified role (R) and Sawamura Gennosuke I as Yosaku (L)


「沢村田之助」(二代目)  「与作 沢村源之助」(初代)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese
Edo period
1810 (Bunka 7), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 38.9 x 52.3 cm (15 5/16 x 20 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25013-4
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.25013 (right), 11.25014 (left)

Play: Dôchû Musume Kagagasa
Theater: Nakamura
Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
Unidentified publisher's mark.
改印:極
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.