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Actors Seki Sanjûrô II as Tezuka no Tarô (R) and Iwai Kumesaburô II as Kanazashi (L)


「手塚太郎 関三十郎」」(二代目)  「かなざし 岩井粂三郎」」(二代目)
Utagawa Kuniyasu (Japanese, 1794–1832)
Publisher: Uemura Yohei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.9 x 49.8 cm (14 1/8 x 19 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22568-9
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.22568 (right), 11.22569 (left)
Signed Kuniyasu ga (on each sheet)
国安画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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.