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Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as a Puppet of Yaoya Oshichi, with Bandô Muraemon I, an Unidentified Actor, and Matsumoto Kunigorô as Puppet Manipulators (Kurogo)


「八百屋お七」四代目市川小団次、黒衣 初代坂東村右衛門、?、松本国五郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.1 x 24.9 cm (13 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22476
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (second feature): Shôchikubai Yuki no Akebono
Play (main feature): Joro no Makoto Osada no Chûkô
Theater: Ichimura
松竹梅雪曙(しょうちくばいゆきのあけぼの) 倡女誠長田忠孝(じょろのまことおさだのちゅうこう)
市村、中幕返し
1856、安政03、11・10

[役者配役]黒衣役要確認。
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 11
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、辰十一
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: 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.