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Actors Fujikawa Kayû III as Kudayû's Daughter (Musume) Okumi and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Gorôta, Actually (Jitsu wa) Kanpei


「九太夫娘おくみ」三代目藤川花友、「五郎太実ハ勘平」十二代目市村羽左衛門
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iseya Tetsujirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.7 x 25.3 cm (14 7/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40183
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Chûshingura Gojûsan Tsugi
Theater: Ichimura
忠臣蔵五十三紀(ちゅうしんぐらごじゅうさんつぎ)
市村
1850、嘉永03、05・01
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Watanabe, shita-uri
No blockcutter's mark
改印:衣笠、渡辺、シタ売
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.