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Actors Onoe Kikugorô III as Kujaku Saburô (R) and Iwai Shijaku I as Koume (L)


「濃紫菊色糸」 「孔雀三郎 尾上菊五郎」  「小梅 岩井紫若」(初代)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1835 (Tenpô 6), 11th 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 Number11.38457a-b
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ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kunitachi College of Music Library, via ARC portal database
DescriptionPlay (shosa): Koi Murasaki Kiku no Iroito
Play (main feature): Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
Theater: Nakamura
濃紫菊色糸( こいむらさききくのいろいと)
菅原伝授手習鑑(すがわらでんじゅてならいかがみ)
中村
天保06(1835)・ 11
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.