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Memorial Portraits of Actors Ichikawa Ebizô V as Saimyô-ji Tokiyori Nyûdô and His Son Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Genzaemon Tsuneyo (inset)


「最明寺時頼入道」五代目市川海老蔵 「源左衛門常世」八代目市川団十郎 (死絵)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 24.5 cm (14 3/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29730
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29730, 11.40159
Signed Ôju Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
応需豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 3 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:未参改
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.