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Actors Ichikawa Danzô V as Ishikawa Goemon (above) and Iwai Shijaku I as Oritsu (below)


「石川五右衛門 市川団蔵」)五代目) 「おりつ 岩井紫若」(初代)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835 (Tenpô 6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban, upright diptych; 74.8 x 25.4 cm (29 7/16 x 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40677a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionImaginary performance (mitate).
見立
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.