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「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
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)
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
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
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
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)
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
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.
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.