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「げひしやがくの小さん」初代坂東しうか、「鳶の者於祭の金五良」八代目市川団十郎
Actors Bandô Shûka I as the Geisha Gaku no Kosan and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Tobi-no-mono Omatsuri Kingorô, from an untitled series
「げひしやがくの小さん」初代坂東しうか、「鳶の者於祭の金五良」八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.9 x 24.9 cm (14 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15991
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15991, 50.2318
Play: Chikai Musubi Ukina no Tategaku
Theater: Nakamura
盟結艶立額（ちかいむすびうきなのたてがく）
中村
嘉永3（1850）年9月
Play: Chikai Musubi Ukina no Tategaku
Theater: Nakamura
盟結艶立額（ちかいむすびうきなのたてがく）
中村
嘉永3（1850）年9月
Signed
Kuniyoshi ga (on each design)
国芳画
国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
版元：なし
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
版元：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.
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.