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「見立三十六句撰」「伊丹屋十兵衛」初代坂東亀蔵、「提婆の仁三」四代目市川小団次
Actors Bandô Kamezô I as Itamiya Jûbei and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Daiba no Nizô, from the series Matches for Thirty-six Selected Poems (Mitate sanjûrokku sen)
「見立三十六句撰」「伊丹屋十兵衛」初代坂東亀蔵、「提婆の仁三」四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
Publisher: Sagamiya Tôkichi (Ai-To) (Japanese)
Other artist: Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
Publisher: Sagamiya Tôkichi (Ai-To) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.4 x 24.5 cm (13 15/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30077
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.25088, 11.30039, 11.30077
Signed
Utagawa Toyokuni ga; Gengyo (on inset)
歌川豊国画、玄魚
歌川豊国画、玄魚
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 1
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳正
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳正
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.
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.