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Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Matsudaiya Shirobei and Nakamura Kantarô I as Toheiji


「松台屋四良兵衛」四代目市川小団次、「十平冶」初代中村翫太郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 24.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40278
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Na ni Takashi Mariuta Jitsuroku
Theater: Nakamura
名高手毬諷実録(なにたかしまりうたじつろく)
中村
1855、安政02、07・10
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、卯七
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.