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Actors Ichikawa Ebizô V, formerly Danjûrô VII, as Sarushima Sôta (R) and Iwai Kumesaburô II as Ohatsu (L)


「猿島惣太 団十郎改メ市川海老蔵」(五代目)  「おはつ 岩井粂三郎」(二代目)
Utagawa Sadatora (Japanese, active about 1818–1844)
Publisher: Moritaya Hanzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1832 (Tenpô 3), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 38 x 51 cm (14 15/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37216a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Sumidagawa Hana no Gosho-zome
Theater: Ichimura
隅田川花御所染(すみだがわはなのごしょぞめ)
市村
Signed Gofûtei Sadatora ga
五風亭貞虎画
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.