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Actors Ichimura Takenojô V and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII in Osana Monogurui, from an untitled series of Auspicious Plays (Kotobuki kyôgen)


寿 「稚物狂」五代目市村竹之丞、八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Sashichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 24.8 cm (14 3/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40296
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionOne of a set showing six auspicious skits performed to celebrate the name change of Ichimura Takenojô V, formerly Ichimura Uzaemon XII.

Play (interval between main and second feature): Kotobuki
Scene: Osana Monogurui
Play (main feature): Hôraisan Yotsugi Soga
Theater: Ichimura
蓬莱山世嗣曽我(ほうらいさんよつぎそが)
寿(ことぶき) 常磐津、長唄 稚物狂
市村、一番目と二番目の間
1851、嘉永04、01・13
Signed Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga
一陽斎豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
Blockcutter's mark: Sashichi tô
改印:浜、馬込
彫師:佐七刀
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.