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Actors Ichikawa Fudenosuke as Takao (R) and Nakamura Sôjûrô as Ishii Tsune'emon (L)


「高尾 市川筆之助」  「石井恒右衛門 中むら宗十郎」
Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki (Japanese, 1841–1899)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban diptych; 25.1 x 36.6 cm (9 7/8 x 14 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36107a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 119
DescriptionPlay: Tabi Suzume Aiyado Banashi
Theater: Chikugo
旅雀相宿噺(たびすずめあいやどばなし)
筑後
Signed Yoshitaki hitsu (on right sheet), Yoshitaki ga (on left sheet)
芳瀧筆 芳瀧画
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.