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Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as the Servant Woman (Gejo) Okitsu (L) and Ichikawa Kuzô III as Nakama Ichisuke (R)


「下女おきつ 沢村田之助」(三代目)  「仲間市助 市川九蔵」(三代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Maruya Heijirô
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.3 × 47.2 cm (14 5/16 × 18 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41642a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kunichika ga (on each sheet)
国周画
Marks Censor's seal: Ox 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Tashichi (on left sheet)
改印:丑八改
彫師:彫工多七
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.