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「松永大膳 市川海老蔵」（五代目） 「真柴久吉 沢村訥升」（初代）
Actors Ichikawa Ebizô V as Matsunaga Daizen (R) and Sawamura Tosshô I as Mashiba Hisayoshi (L)
「松永大膳 市川海老蔵」（五代目） 「真柴久吉 沢村訥升」（初代）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1840 (Tenpô 11), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.9 x 50.4 cm (14 1/2 x 19 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40690a-b
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Gion Sairei Shinkôki
Theater: Nakamura
祇園祭礼信仰記（ぎおんさいれいしんこうき）
中村
1840、天保１１、08・04
Theater: Nakamura
祇園祭礼信仰記（ぎおんさいれいしんこうき）
中村
1840、天保１１、08・04
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.