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Actors Ichikawa Kuzô II as Nôwakishi Ogi Iemon, Actually (Jitsu wa) Shirosaka Jinnai, and Nakamura Utaemon IV as Nôshi Kiritake Budayû, Actually (Jitsu wa) Ôtaka Tonomo


「能ワキ師萩伊右エ門実ハ白坂甚内」二代目市川九蔵、「能師霧竹武太夫実ハ大高主殿」四代目中村歌右衛門
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35 x 25.5 cm (13 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38269
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.37129, 11.38268, 11.38269

Play: Takagi Oriemon Budô jitsuroku
Theater: Nakamura
高木織右武実録(たかぎおりえもんぶどうじつろく)
中村
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村松、吉村
彫師:なし
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.