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「呉服屋十兵衛」四代目坂東彦三郎、「池添孫八」初代大谷友松 「沼津 の 平作」四代目市川小団次、「平作 娘 およね」四代目尾上梅幸
Actors Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Gofukuya Jûbei and Ôtani Tomomatsu I as Ikezoe Magohachi (R), Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Numazu no Heisaku, and Onoe Baikô IV as Heisaku's Daughter (Musume) Oyone (L)
「呉服屋十兵衛」四代目坂東彦三郎、「池添孫八」初代大谷友松 「沼津 の 平作」四代目市川小団次、「平作 娘 およね」四代目尾上梅幸
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), intercalary 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.5 x 49 cm (14 3/8 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38407a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 100-62210 (R), 100-6221 (L)
DescriptionPlay: Igagoe Yomikiri Kôshaku
Theater: Nakamura
伊賀越読切講釈（いがごえよみきりこうしゃく）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
伊賀越読切講釈（いがごえよみきりこうしゃく）
中村
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat intercalary
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子閏
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子閏
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.
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.