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Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Toyokura no kakoi Oyoshi and Sawamura Ijûrô as the Provincial Samurai (Kunizamurai) Ijûta


「豊倉の抱およし 沢村田之助」(三代目)、「国侍伊十太 沢村い十郎」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.4 × 24.5 cm (13 15/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38767
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (second feature): Uwabami Oyoshi Uwasa no Adauchi
Play (main feature): Kawanakajima Shôri no Yamamoto
Theater: Nakamura
蟒於由曙評仇討(うわばみおよしうわさのあだうち)
川中嶋勝利山本(かわなかじましょうりのやまもと)
中村、二番目
Signed Kunisada ga
国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: Tiger 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:寅二改
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.