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Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Nagoya Sanza (R) and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Fuwa Banzaemon (L)


「名古屋山三」十二代目市村羽左衛門  「不破伴左衛門」八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kuniteru I (Sadashige) (Japanese, active about 1820–60)
Publisher: Yorozuya Jûbei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.7 x 50 cm (14 7/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39907a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21951a-b, 11.39907a-b

Play: Mukashi-gatari Inazuma-zôshi
Theater: Ichimura
昔語稲妻帖(むかしがたりいなずまぞうし)
市村、六幕目
1848、嘉永01、03・05
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniteru ga (on each sheet)
一雄斎国輝画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、村田
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.