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「局岩ふじ 市川団十郎」（七代目） 「中老尾へ 沢村源之助」（二代目）
Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Tsubone Iwafuji (R) and Sawamura Gennosuke II as Chûrô Onoe (L)
「局岩ふじ 市川団十郎」（七代目） 「中老尾へ 沢村源之助」（二代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1831 (Tenpô 2), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.9 x 56 cm (14 1/2 x 22 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40737a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Botan ni Chô Hatsu ga Fumibako
Theater: Kawarazaki
Another version of the left sheet: 11.29939 (with different name and face)
牡丹蝶初篋（ぼたんにちょうはつがふみばこ）
河原崎
1831、天保０２、03・05
Theater: Kawarazaki
Another version of the left sheet: 11.29939 (with different name and face)
牡丹蝶初篋（ぼたんにちょうはつがふみばこ）
河原崎
1831、天保０２、03・05
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.