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Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Farmer (Hyakushô) Mameshirô and Ichikawa Kuzô II as Kasugano no Koyoshi


「百性豆四郎」三代目岩井粂三郎、「春日野の小よし」二代目市川九蔵
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25.3 cm (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40192
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Kurabekoshi Ise Monogatari
Theater: Kawarazaki
競伊勢物語(くらべこしいせものがたり)
河原崎
1850、嘉永03、05・05
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込
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.