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Actors Ichikawa Ebizô V, Ichikawa Saruzô I (R), and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII (L)


五代目市川海老蔵、初代市川猿蔵 八代目市川団十郎
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), about 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.8 x 49.9 cm (14 1/8 x 19 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21446a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21446a-b, 11.43909a-b, *11.45368a-b (deaccessioned in 2012)

Shows the 1849 visit of Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII to Kamigata where he met with his exiled father, Ichikawa Ebizô V (formerly Danjûrô VII).
嘉永2年秋に八代目市川団十郎が上方の五代目市川海老蔵へ会いに行った時のもの。
Signed Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
一陽斎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Yoshimura
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take (right sheet only)
改印:衣笠、吉村
彫師:彫竹
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.