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Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Innami Kazuma and Nakamura Shikan IV as Ôtaka Tonomo


「印南数馬 岩井粂三郎」(三代目)、「大高主殿 中村芝翫」(四代目)
Utagawa Kuniaki II (Japanese, 1835–1888)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 24.4 cm (14 5/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36794
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Tsukimi no Hare Meiga no Ichijiku
Theater: Ichimura
月見瞻名画一軸(つきみのはれめいがのいちじく)
市村
1862、文久02
Signed Kuniaki ga, in toshidama cartouche
国明画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 7 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:戌七改
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.