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Actors Ichikawa Danzô V as Iwafuji (R) and Iwai Shijaku I as Hatsu (R) in the Palace Garden Scene from the Play Mirror Mountain (Kagamiyama Okuniwa no ba)


「鏡山 奥庭の場」 「岩藤 市川団蔵」(五代目)  「おはつ 岩井紫若」(初代)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Chôzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1836 (Tenpô 7), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.6 x 49.8 cm (14 7/16 x 19 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38432a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kuniyoshi Project db
DescriptionPlay: Kazashi no Hana Shibai no Sangatsu
Theater: Nakamura
花頭劇弥生
中村
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.