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Actors Nakamura Shikan II as Gengobei (R) and Arashi Kamenojô II as Koman (L)


「源五兵衛 中村芝翫」(二代目)  「小万 嵐亀之丞」(二代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1833 (Tenpô 4), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.7 x 48.8 cm (14 7/16 x 19 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40697a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Gonin Kiriko Ichinichi-gawari
Theater: Nakamura
五人切篭一日替(ごにんきりこいちにちがわり)
中村
1833、天保04、07・29
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.