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Actors Ichikawa Komazô V as Ushiwakamaru (R) and Ichikawa Danzô V as Kiichi Hôgen (L)


「うしわか丸 市川高麗蔵」(五代目) 「鬼一法眼 市川団蔵」(五代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1835 (Tenpô 6), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36 x 50.2 cm (14 3/16 x 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40706a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (interval): Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
Play (main feature): Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata
Theater: Nakamura
鬼一法眼三略巻(きいちほうげんさんりゃくのまき)
近江源氏先陣館(おうみげんじせんじんやかた)
中村、一番目と二番目の間
1835、天保06、05・01
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
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: 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.