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Actors Iwai Shijaku I as Omume (R) and Ichikawa Danzô V as Hôkaibô (L)


「おむめ 岩井紫若」(初代)   「ほうかゐ坊 市川団蔵」(五代目)
Utagawa Sadafusa (Japanese, active 1825–1850)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Chôzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.4 x 51.2 cm (14 5/16 x 20 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37232a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionOrder of sheets may not be correct.
Signed Gokitei Sadafusa ga (on each sheet)
五亀亭貞房画
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.