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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Kinugawa Tanizô (R) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Sabu's Younger Sister (Imôto) Kasane (L)


「絹川谷蔵」八代目市川団十郎 「三ふ妹かさね」四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hamadaya Tokubei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.5 x 49.9 cm (14 x 19 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29963-4
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.29963 (left), 11.29964 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.29963-4, 11.43834a-b
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印:衣笠、村田、子十二
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.