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Brothers (Kyôdai): Actors Onoe Tamizô II as Inuyama Dôsetsu (R) and Ichikawa Udanji I as Inukawa Sôsuke (L), from the series Matches for the Five Relationships (Mitate godô no uchi)


「犬山道節 尾上多見造」(二代目)  「犬川荘助 市川右団次」(初代) 「兄弟 見立五道の内」
Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki (Japanese, 1841–1899)
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban diptych; 24.4 x 36.5 cm (9 5/8 x 14 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36067a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 120; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 5 (2005), #303
DescriptionPlay: Ume no Sakigake Nochi no Hanabusa
Theater: Kado
梅魁後花総

Signed Ôkô Yoshitaki ga (on left sheet)
応好よし滝画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.