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Actors Arashi Rikan III as Ono no Tôfû (R) and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Dokusoku no Daroku (L)


「小野の道風」三代目嵐璃寛  「独鈷ノ駄六」五代目市川海老蔵
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Kyûbei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 37.7 x 50.6 cm (14 13/16 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38376a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Shu no Haru Kabuki no Kakizome
Theater: Kawarazaki
周春戯書始
河原崎
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松
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.