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「安部貞任 大谷友右エ門」（五代目） 「安部宗任 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Actors Ôtani Tomoemon V as Abe no Sadatô (R) and Nakamura Shikan IV as Abe no Munetô (L)
「安部貞任 大谷友右エ門」（五代目） 「安部宗任 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Shimizuya Naojirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tanaka Hori Ushi (Japanese)
Publisher: Shimizuya Naojirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tanaka Hori Ushi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36 × 48.3 cm (14 3/16 × 19 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39852a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.39582a-b, 11.41629a-b
Signed
Kunichika ga (on each sheet)
国周画
国周画
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ushi
改印：丑八改
彫師：ほり牛
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ushi
改印：丑八改
彫師：ほり牛
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.