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Actors Ichikawa Danzô V as Yuranosuke and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Rikiya


「由良之助 市川団蔵」(五代目)、「力弥 市村羽左衛門」(十二代目)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1832 (Tenpô 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 25.5 cm (14 5/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26095
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Similar design: Waseda db 100-1518
DescriptionFrom the same set, possibly a diptych: 11.26094, 11.26095. No production has been found that corresponds precisely to this casting.
Signed Kuniyoshi ga
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.