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Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Wakakusa of the Wakanaya (R) and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Ukiyo Inosuke (L)


「若奈屋若草」三代目沢村田之助  「浮世伊之助」初代河原崎権十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.4 x 49.4 cm (13 15/16 x 19 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40894a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Description見立
Signed Konomi ni tsuki Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
好ニ付豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 10 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印:申十改
彫師:横川彫竹
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.