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Actors Arashi Kichisaburô III as Kumagai Jirô Naozane (R) and Onoe Kikujirô II as Mukandayû Atsumori (L)


「熊谷次郎直実」 三代目嵐吉三郎  「無官太夫敦盛」 二代目尾上菊次郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.6 x 51.1 cm (14 7/16 x 20 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38300a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kuniyoshi Project db
DescriptionPlay: Suma no Miyako Genpei Tsutsuji
Theater: Ichimura
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Rat 5
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印:浜、馬込、子五
彫師:彫巳の
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.