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Actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as Wakato Sekisuke and Nakamura Kantarô I as Kanakubo Juppeiji


「若徒関助」初代中村福助、「金久保十平次」初代中村翫太郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.2 x 25.2 cm (13 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40756
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 101-3032
DescriptionPossibly the right sheet of a triptych, with 11.40834a-b as the two left sheets

Play (second feature): Somekaete Ukiyo no Edozuma
Play (main feature): Yoshitsune Senbon-zakura
Theater: Nakamura
翻脚浮世江戸褄(そめかえてうきよのえどづま)
義経千本桜(よしつねせんぼんざくら)
中村、二番目
1859、安政06
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 7 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:未七改
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.