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Actors Nakamura Kamenojô I as Okei, Daughter of the Inanaya (Inanoya Musume Okei) and Arashi Kichisaburô III as Kumokiri Nizaemon


「稲野屋娘お慶」初代中村歌女之丞、「雲切仁左衛門」三代目嵐吉三郎
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.4 x 24.2 cm (13 15/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40224
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Meiyo Jinsei Roku
Theater: Ichimura
名誉仁政録(めいよじんせいろく)
市村
1852、嘉永05、07・09
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 7
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印:米良、渡辺、子七
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.