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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Boatman (Sendô) Matsuemon, actually (jitsu wa) Higuchi Jirô, and Ichikawa Katsujirô as Komawakamaru


「船頭松右衛門実ハ樋口次郎 市川団十郎」(七代目)、「駒若丸 市川かつ次郎」
Utagawa Kuniyasu (Japanese, 1794–1832)
Publisher: Uemura Yohei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1812 (Bunka 9), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.1 x 25.2 cm (14 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22575
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.22575, 11.22580

Play: HIragana Seisuiki
Theater: Nakamura
ひらかな盛衰記(ひらがなせいすいき)
中村
Signed Kuniyasu ga
国安画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.