Actors Kataoka Gadô II as Kameya Chûbei (R) and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Tsuchiya no Umegawa (L)
「亀屋忠兵衛」二代目片岡我童 「槌屋の梅川」三代目岩井粂三郎
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), intercalary 7th month
Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864), Publisher Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Catalogue Raisonné
Herwig, Heroes of the Kabuki Stage (2004), #4.3
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.5 x 49 cm (14 3/8 x 19 5/16 in.)
Accession Number
11.43873a-b
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Play (shosa, finale): Michiyuki Kokyô no Hatsuyuki
Play (second feature): Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai
Play (main feature): Hatsu Momiji Ogura no Nishiki
Theater: Nakamura
道行故郷の初雪（みちゆきこきょうのはつゆき） 富本、清元
恋飛脚大和往来（こいびきゃくやまとおうらい）
初紅葉小倉色紙（はつもみじおぐらのしきし）
中村、大切
1854、嘉永０７
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Markings
Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger intercalary 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、寅壬七
彫師：なし
Provenance
By 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection