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Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Akitsushima Kuniemon (R) and Seki Sanjûrô III as Referee (Gyôji) Shôkurô (L)


「秋津嶋国右衛門」十二代目市村羽左衛門  「行司庄九郎」三代目関三十郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.3 x 50.4 cm (14 5/16 x 19 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38373a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kuniyoshi Project db (complete triptych)
DescriptionTwo right sheets of incomplete triptych.

Play: Sekitori Nidai no Shôbuzuke
Play (main feature): Tsuki Yuki Hana Maki-e no Kendai
Theater: Ichimura
関取二代勝負附(せきとりにだいのしょうぶづけ)
月雪花蒔絵見台(つきゆきはなまきえのけんだい)
市村
1850、嘉永03
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印:衣笠、渡辺
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.