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Actors Onoe Kikugorô III as Denbei (R) and Nakamura Daikichi I as a Female Monkey Trainer (Onna sarumawashi) (L) in a Farewell Performance (Onagori kyûgen)


「伝兵衛 尾上菊五郎」(三代目)   「女さるまわし 中村大吉」(初代)「御名残狂言」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ômiya Heihachi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1822 (Bunsei 5), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.3 x 50; cm (14 5/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40658a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 101-3509 (R), 101-3510 (L)
DescriptionPlay: Onnadate Saru no Hitomane
Theater: Kawarazaki
女☆猿人交(おんなだてらさるのひとまね)
河原崎
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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.