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Actors Ichikawa Ebizô V as Sano Jirozaemon and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Yatsuhashi of the Nakamanjiya


「佐野次郎左エ門」五代目市川海老蔵、「中万字屋八ツ橋」三代目岩井 粂三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 25 cm (14 1/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40190
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (second feature): Yukari no Hana Iro mo Yoshiwara
Play (main feature): Kurabekoshi Ise Monogatari
Theater: Kawarazaki
紫花色吉原(ゆかりのはないろもよしわら) 競伊勢物語(くらべこしいせものがたり)
河原崎、二番目
1850、嘉永03、05・05
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Watanabe
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印:衣笠、渡辺
彫師:彫竹
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.