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「源のよしつね 訥升」（二代目沢村訥升） 「川越太郎 彦三郎」（五代目坂東彦三郎）
Actors Sawamura Tosshô II as Minamoto no Yoshitsune (R) and Bandô Hikosaburô V as Kawagoe Tarô (L)
「源のよしつね 訥升」（二代目沢村訥升） 「川越太郎 彦三郎」（五代目坂東彦三郎）
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyūdō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyūdō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36 × 49 cm (14 3/16 × 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38942a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Baichôrô Kunisada hitsu (on each sheet)
梅蝶楼国貞筆
梅蝶楼国貞筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Hare 7 aratame
Blockcutter's marks: Horikô Chôjirô (on right sheet), Hori Chô (on left sheet)
改印：卯七改
彫師：彫工長治朗 彫長
Blockcutter's marks: Horikô Chôjirô (on right sheet), Hori Chô (on left sheet)
改印：卯七改
彫師：彫工長治朗 彫長
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.