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「めうとげんじ二十余帖」「柳橋千代」、「半兵衛 市村家橘」（四代目）
Yanagibashi Chiyo (top) and Actor Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Hanbei (bottom), from the series Women and Men in Twenty-odd Chapters of Genji (Meoto Genji nijûyo chô)
「めうとげんじ二十余帖」「柳橋千代」、「半兵衛 市村家橘」（四代目）
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.2 × 24.2 cm (13 7/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39090
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 008-0110
Signed
Kunichika ga (top image), Ôju Baichôrô Kunisada hitsu (bottom image)
国周画、応需梅蝶楼国貞筆
国周画、応需梅蝶楼国貞筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 7 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Shige
改印：丑七改
彫師：彫工繁
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Shige
改印：丑七改
彫師：彫工繁
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.