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Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô IV as Tôyama Jinzaburô (R) and Segawa Rokô IV as Yohei's Wife (Nyôbô) Hangira Otsuru (L)


「遠山甚三郎 沢村宗十郎」(四代目)  「与兵へ女房半ぎらおつる 瀬川路考」(四代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Hiranoya Chôemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1812 (Bunka 9), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36 x 52.8 cm (14 3/16 x 20 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40046-7
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.40046 (left), 11.40047 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.22364-5, 11.40046-7

Play: Iro Ichiza Ume to Shiratama
Theater: Ichimura
色一座梅椿(いろいちざうめとしらたま)
市村
Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
Marks No censor's seal
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

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.