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Actors Ichikawa Omezô I as Hotei Ichiemon (?) and Ôtani Hiroji III as Yamakawaya Gon'emon (?)


初代市川男女蔵の布袋市右衛門ヵ、三代目大谷広治の山川屋権右衛門ヵ
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Yama-Den (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1797 (Kansei 9), 5th month (?)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.3 x 26 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14986
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mainichi shinbunsha, Ukiyo-e daiten (exh. cat., 1969), #72
DescriptionPlay: Aigikyô Karigane Gomon (?)
Theater: Kiri
藍桔梗雁金五紋(あいききょうかりがねごもん)ヵ

Signed Toyokuni ga
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.