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Actors Onoe Kikugorô III as Shirai Gonpachi (R) and Sawamura Sôjûrô V as Shiratsuka Jûemon (L)


「白井権八」三代目尾上菊五郎  「白柄十右衛門」五代目沢村宗十郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Enshûya Matabei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847 (Kôka 4), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.7 x 48.6 cm (14 1/16 x 19 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38363a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Onoe Kikugorô Ichidai Banashi
Theater: Ichimura
尾上梅寿一代噺( おのえきくごろういちだいばなし)
市村
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Kinugasa
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、衣笠
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.