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Actors Bando Mitsugorô III as Funakoshi Juemon (R) and Iwai Hanshirô V as Kashiku no Osono (L)


「船越重右衛門 坂東三津五郎」(三代目)  「かしくのおその 岩井半四郎」(五代目)
Utagawa Kuniyasu (Japanese, 1794–1832)
Publisher: Imariya Ushizô (Bunhôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1813 (Bunka 10), 7th month ?

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 37.8 x 51.4 cm (14 7/8 x 20 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37195a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.22570-1, 11.37195a-b

Play: Taiheiki Kikusui no Maki ?
Theater: Nakamura ?
太平記菊水之巻(たいへいききくすいのまき)
中村
Signed Kuniyasu ga (on each sheet)
国安画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.