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「阿古屋」二代目尾上菊次郎、「岩永宗連」四代目市川小団次 「景清」八代目市川団十郎
Actors Onoe Kikujirô II as as Akoya, Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Iwanaga Munetsura (R), and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Kagekiyo (L)
「阿古屋」二代目尾上菊次郎、「岩永宗連」四代目市川小団次 「景清」八代目市川団十郎
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36 x 49.4 cm (14 3/16 x 19 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38368a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Hatsumoto Yui Soga no Kyôdai
Theater: Kawarazaki
初元結曽我鏡台（はつもとゆいそがのきょうだい）
河原崎
Theater: Kawarazaki
初元結曽我鏡台（はつもとゆいそがのきょうだい）
河原崎
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込
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.
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.