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Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV as Naniwa no Jirosaku (R) and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Azuma no Yojirô (L)


「浪花の次郎作 中村歌右衛門」(四代目)  「東の与四郎 市村羽左衛門」(十二代目)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1840 (Tenpô 11), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 37.1 x 50.5 cm (14 5/8 x 19 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38449a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale of Part 2): Modori Kago Iro ni Aikata
Play (main feature): Gohiiki Yakko no Konoshita
Theater: Ichimura
戻駕色歌羽(もどりかごいろにあいがた) 常磐津
御贔屓握虎木下(ごひいきやっこのこのした)
市村、二番目切狂言
1840、天保11、08・02
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.