Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I Greeting the Audience at a Memorial Performance (Tsuizen kyôgen kôjô)

「追善狂言口上」　四代目市川小団次、初代河原崎権十郎

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 24.3 cm (14 1/16 x 9 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.39023

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Hachiman Matsuri Yomiya no Nigiwai
Theater: Ichimura

A seventh-year memorial in honor of Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII.
八幡祭小望月賑（はちまんまつりよみやのにぎわい）
市村

<8>市川団十郎の七回忌追善興行の口上図。

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 7 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Masa
改印：申七改
彫師：彫工政

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.