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「南ごう力丸 中村芝翫」（四代目） 「弁天小僧菊之助 市村宇左衛門」（十三代目）
Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Nangô Rikimaru (R) and Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Benten Kozô Kikunosuke (L)
「南ごう力丸 中村芝翫」（四代目） 「弁天小僧菊之助 市村宇左衛門」（十三代目）
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Kagiya Shôbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Hori Iwa (Japanese)
Publisher: Kagiya Shôbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Hori Iwa (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.9 × 50.9 cm (14 1/8 × 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38956a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Aoto-zôshi Hana no Nishiki-e
Theater: Ichimura
青砥稿花紅彩画（あおとぞうしはなのにしきえ）
市村
1862、文久０２、03・01
Theater: Ichimura
青砥稿花紅彩画（あおとぞうしはなのにしきえ）
市村
1862、文久０２、03・01
Signed
Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
国貞画(年玉枠）
国貞画(年玉枠）
Marks
Censor's seal: Dog 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Iwa
改印：戌三改
彫師：彫工岩
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Iwa
改印：戌三改
彫師：彫工岩
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.