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Actors Matsumoto Kunigorô I as Iwahashi Gunzô and Arashi Rikan III as Masaki Shôzaburô


「岩橋軍蔵」初代松本国五郎 「正木庄三郎」三代目嵐璃寛
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 25.7 cm (14 11/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16428
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.

MFA impressions: 11.16428 (R only), 11.16429 (L only), 11.29113-5 (complete), 11.29130-2 (complete), 11.44188a-c

Play (second feature): Sodegaura Kokyô no Nishiki
Play (main feature): Soga Moyô Kameyama-zome
Theater: Kawarazaki
袖浦故郷錦(そでがうらこきょうのにしき)
蝶鵆亀山染(そがもようかめやまぞめ)
河原崎、二番目下の巻
1855、安政02、07・26
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、卯八
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.