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Actors Ichikawa Ichizô III as Jurobei and Onoe Kikujirô II as Oyumi, from the series Matches for Thirty-six Selected Poems (Mitate sanjûrokku sen)


「見立三十六句撰」 「十郎兵衛」三代目市川市蔵、「おゆみ」二代目尾上菊次郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sagamiya Tôkichi (Ai-To) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.4 x 25.8 cm (14 3/4 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21781
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21781, 11.30036, 11.30080
Signed Utagawa Toyokuni hitsu
歌川豊国筆
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳十二
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.