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「大和 やおやま」三代目岩井粂三郎、「通り物竹」初代坂東竹三郎 「もれ／＼の与嘉蔵」四代目市川小団次
Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Yamatoya Oyama, Bandô Takesaburô I as Tôrimono Take (R), and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Moremore no Yokazô (L)
「大和 やおやま」三代目岩井粂三郎、「通り物竹」初代坂東竹三郎 「もれ／＼の与嘉蔵」四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Iseya Bunshichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Publisher: Iseya Bunshichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.3 x 47.8 cm (13 7/8 x 18 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38358a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 201-0026 (R), 201-0027 (L); Kuniyoshi Project db
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.28748-9, 11.28833 (left sheet only), 11.38358a-b
Play: Iro Ichiza Tego to no Fukubiki
Theater: Nakamura
彩一座戯福摂（いろいちざてごとのふくびき）
中村
Play: Iro Ichiza Tego to no Fukubiki
Theater: Nakamura
彩一座戯福摂（いろいちざてごとのふくびき）
中村
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印：衣笠、村田
彫師：彫巳の
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印：衣笠、村田
彫師：彫巳の
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.
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.