Actors Bandô Shûka I as Kijin Omatsu and Arashi Kichisaburô III as Natsume Shirozaemon

「鬼神於松」初代坂東しうか、「夏目四郎左衛門」三代目嵐吉三郎

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Kakumotoya Kinjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)

Japanese

Edo period

1851 (Kaei 4), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 24.3 cm (14 1/4 x 9 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.38282

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.38282, 11.38283

Play: Shinpan Koshi no Shiranami
Theater: Ichimura, Second Feature
Main Feature: Genji Moyô Furisode Hinagata
新板越白浪（しんぱんこしのしらなみ）
源氏模様娘雛形（げんじもようふりそでひながた）
市村、二番目

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画

Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, shita-uri
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Mino

改印：衣笠、村田、シタ売
彫師：彫工巳の

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.