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The Syllables We and Hi: Actors Arashi Rikan III as Haginoya Yaegiri and Ichikawa Kuzô II as Monkey Trainer (Sarumawashi) Yojirô, from the series An Instructive Alphabet of Proverbs (Kyôkun iroha tatoe)


「教訓いろはたとゑ」「ゑ 萩の屋八重桐」三代目嵐璃寛、「ひ 猿廻し与次郎」二代目市川九蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1851 (Kaei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 25.5 cm (14 11/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42610
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionNo. 22 in the series.

The complete series: 11.42589-11.42612.
役者名が墨書された貼り紙あり。
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、渡辺
彫師:なし
InscriptionsProverb for We: En wa inamono
Proverb for Hi: Binbô hima nashi
「ゑんはいなもの」「びんぼうひまなし」
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: 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.