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「朝がお」初代坂東しうか、「駒澤治郎左エ門」八代目市川団十郎 「京桝屋徳右エ門」二代目沢村源之助、「岩代瀧太」四代目市川小団次
Actors Bandô Shuka I as Asagao, Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Komazawa Jirozaemon (R), Sawamura Gennosuke II as Kyômasuya Tokuemon, and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Iwashiro Takita (L)
「朝がお」初代坂東しうか、「駒澤治郎左エ門」八代目市川団十郎 「京桝屋徳右エ門」二代目沢村源之助、「岩代瀧太」四代目市川小団次
Japanese
Edo period
1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.3 x 48.7 cm (14 5/16 x 19 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38385a-b
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Eiri Shôsetsu Asagao Monogatari
Theater: Ichimura
絵入稗史 蕣物語（えいりしょうせつあさがおものがたり）
市村
Theater: Ichimura
絵入稗史 蕣物語（えいりしょうせつあさがおものがたり）
市村
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
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.