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Actors Iwai Shijaku I as Ohatsu (R) and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Iwafuji (L)


「おはつ 岩井紫若」(初代)  「岩ふじ 市川海老蔵」(五代目)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1842 (Tenpô 13), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 37.2 x 50.7 cm (14 5/8 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38446a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.38446a-b, 11.39577a-b

Play: Iwao no Hana Nami no Shiraishi
Theater: Kawarazaki
岩藤浪白石(いわおのはななみのしらいし)
河原崎
1842、天保13、03・09
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
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.