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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as both Ashikaga Yorikane and Kinugawa Tanizô, and Onoe Kikujirô II as Miuraya Takao, No. 20 of an untitled series


「足利頼兼」八代目市川団十郎、「三浦屋高尾」二代目尾上菊次郎、「絹川谷蔵」八代目市川団十郎
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.8 x 36.6 cm (10 3/16 x 14 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25924
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki
Theater: Kawarazaki
伊達競阿国劇場(だてくらべおくにかぶき)
河原崎
1849、嘉永02
Signed Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga
香蝶楼豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松
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.