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Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Shirai Gonpachi (R) and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Banzuii Chôbei (L)


「白井権八 市村宇左衛門」(十三代目) 「幡隨意長兵衛 河原崎権十郎」(初代)
Utagawa Fusatane (Japanese, active 1854–1888)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36 x 48.5 cm (14 3/16 x 19 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36962a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Fusatane ga, in toshidama cartouche
房種画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Kane
改印:戌九改
彫師:彫兼
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.