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Actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as Matsugae Matonosuke, with Bandô Muraemon I(?) (R), and Ichikawa Komazô VII as Nikki Danjô (L)


「松ヶ枝的之助」初代中村福助、初代坂東村右衛門ヵ 「仁木弾正」七代目市川高麗蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Shimizuya Naojirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 34.5 x 48.6 cm (13 9/16 x 19 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43730a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Konoshita Kage Masago no Date-zome
Thearer: 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 (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 9
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、卯九
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.