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「奴金五郎 坂東彦三郎」（四代目） 「天竺徳兵衛 尾上多見蔵」（二代目）
Actors Bandô Hikosaburô IV as the Footman (Yakko) Kingorô (R) and Onoe Tamizô II as Tenjiku Tokubei (L)
「奴金五郎 坂東彦三郎」（四代目） 「天竺徳兵衛 尾上多見蔵」（二代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1841 (Tenpô 12), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37 x 50.6 cm (14 9/16 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40651a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 100-9223 (R), 100-9224 (L); Ôta Mem. Mus., Edo yôkai dai zukan (2014), #186
DescriptionPlay: Tenjiku Tokubei Banri no Irifune
Theater: Nakamura
天竺徳兵万里船（てんじくとくべえばんりのいりふね）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
天竺徳兵万里船（てんじくとくべえばんりのいりふね）
中村
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.