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Actors Bandô Takesaburô I as Ishidô Unemenosuke (R) and Iwai Kumesaburô III as the Shirabyôshi Dancer Katsuragi (L)


「石堂采女之助」初代坂東竹三郎 「白拍子桂木」三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsujiya Yasubei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.8 x 50.7 cm (14 1/2 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43950a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.43950a-b, 2015.3246

Play: Higashiyama Sakura Zôshi
Theater: Nakamura
東山桜荘子(ひがしやまさくらぞうし)
中村
Signed Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
一陽斎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松
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.