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Actors Bandô Shûka I as Yamanaya Urazato and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Kasugaya Tokijirô in Akegarasu


「明からす」 「山名屋浦里」初代坂東しうか、「春日屋時次郎」八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34.5 x 23.8 cm (13 9/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39026
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionImaginary performance (mitate) featuring recently deceased actors.
見立
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 4
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、卯四
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.