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Actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as Ishikawa Goemon and Onoe Kikujirô II as Gion no Oritsu (inset), from the series Ten Famous Thieves (Meiyo jû zoku no uchi)


「名誉十賊之内 石川五右衛門」初代中村福助、「祇園のおりつ」二代目尾上菊次郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Honmo (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.9 x 25 cm (14 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40339
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ishiguma, "... Great Ansei Earthquake," Ukiyo-e Art 174 (2017), fig. 6; Waseda db 006-1691
DescriptionPlay: Konoshita Kage Masagao no Date-zome
Theater: Ichimura
木下蔭☆伊達染(このしたかげまさごのだてぞめ)
市村
1855、安政02、09・12
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 10
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、卯十
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.