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Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Mitsuhide (R) and Sawamura Tosshô II as Harunaga (L)


「光秀 中村芝翫」(四代目)  「春永 沢村訥升」(二代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1869 (Meiji 2), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 37 × 49.6 cm (14 9/16 × 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39853a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.39853a-b, 11.41658a-b
Signed Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Snake 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô
改印:巳正改
彫師:片田彫長
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.