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Musicians Tsuruji Yasudayû and Takemoto Towadayû (R), Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V as Nurse (Menoto) Masaoka and Bandô Ichinosuke as Masaoka's Son (Ichiko) Senmatsu (L)


「鶴沢安太夫」、「武本戸和太夫」   「乳母政岡 板東彦三郎」(五代目)、「政岡一子千松 坂東市之助」
Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 37.6 × 50.7 cm (14 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21567-8
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.21567 (right), 11.21568 (left)

MFA impressions: 11.21567-8, *11.39752a-b (deaccessioned in 2019)

Play: Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki
Theater: Nakamura
伊達競阿国歌舞妓 だてくらべおくにかぶき
中村
1861、文久01
Signed Yoshiiku ga (on each sheet)
芳幾画
Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 4 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:酉四改
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: 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.