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寿 「寿万歳」 五代目市村竹之丞、初代坂東しうか
Actors Bandō Shūka I and Ichimura Takenojō V in Kotobuki Manzai, from an untitled series of Auspicious Plays (Kotobuki kyōgen)
寿 「寿万歳」 五代目市村竹之丞、初代坂東しうか
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Jōshūya Kinzō (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Sashichi (Japanese)
Publisher: Jōshūya Kinzō (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 ōban; 36.5 x 24.8 cm (14 3/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40299
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.40299, 2021.1158
One of a set showing six auspicious skits performed to celebrate the name change of Ichimura Takenojō V, formerly Ichimura Uzaemon XII.
Play (interval between main and second feature): Kotobuki
Scene: Kotobuki Manzai
Play (main feature): Hōraisan 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） 長唄 寿万歳（ことぶきまんざい）
市村、一番目と二番目の間
1851、嘉永０４、01・13
One of a set showing six auspicious skits performed to celebrate the name change of Ichimura Takenojō V, formerly Ichimura Uzaemon XII.
Play (interval between main and second feature): Kotobuki
Scene: Kotobuki Manzai
Play (main feature): Hōraisan 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） 長唄 寿万歳（ことぶきまんざい）
市村、一番目と二番目の間
1851、嘉永０４、01・13
Signed
Ichiyōsai Toyokuni ga
一陽斎豊国画
一陽斎豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
Blockcutter's mark: Sashichi tō
改印：浜、馬込
彫師：佐七刀
Blockcutter's mark: Sashichi tō
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.
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.