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「三浦長門之助 中村芝翫」（四代目） 「築紫権六 下り 嵐吉三郎」（三代目）
Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Miura Chômonnojô (R) and Arashi Kichisaburô III, from Kamigata (Kudari), as Tsukushi Gonroku (L)
「三浦長門之助 中村芝翫」（四代目） 「築紫権六 下り 嵐吉三郎」（三代目）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.8 × 48.5 cm (14 1/8 × 19 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39884a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 201-0846 (right), 201-0847 (left)
DescriptionTwo center sheets of an incomplete tetraptych.
MFA impressions: 11.39884a-b (two center sheets only), 11.41761a-d (complete tetraptych)
MFA impressions: 11.39884a-b (two center sheets only), 11.41761a-d (complete tetraptych)
Signed
Kunichika hitsu (on each sheet)
国周筆
国周筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Hare 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Takichi
改印：卯八改
彫師：彫工舛吉
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Takichi
改印：卯八改
彫師：彫工舛吉
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.