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Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Akebono Genta (R) and Ichikawa Kuzô III as Maboroshi Chôzô (L)


「曙源田 市村羽左衛門」(十三代目)  「幻長蔵 市川九蔵」(三代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Surugaya Sakujirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Daijirô (Hori Dai) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.4 × 48.7 cm (13 15/16 × 19 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41643a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Koko ga Edo Koude no Tatehiki
Theater: Ichimura
慈江戸小腕達引
市村
Signed Kunichika ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
国周画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Matsushima Hori Dai
改印:亥九改
彫師:松島彫大
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.