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Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV as Nuregami and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Hanaregoma, from the series Matches for Thirty-six Selected Poems (Mitate sanjûrokku sen)


「見立三十六句撰」 「ぬれかみ」四代目中村歌右衛門、「はなれごま」五代目市川海老蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
Publisher: Sagamiya Tôkichi (Ai-To) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34.8 x 24 cm (13 11/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30082
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21786, 11.30004, 11.30082
Signed Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga; Gengyo (on inset)
一陽斎豊国画、玄魚
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 11
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、辰十一
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.