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Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Inada Kôzô (R) and Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Wakato Ippei (L)


「稲田幸蔵 中村芝翫」(四代目)  「若徒逸平 市村羽左衛門」(十三代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Enshûya Hikobei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.4 x 49.2 cm (13 15/16 x 19 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40871a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Kutsuwa no Oto Tazuna no Somewake
Theater: Ichimura
轡音☆染分(くつわのおとたづなのそめわけ)
市村
1861、文久01
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 5 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:酉五改
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.