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「五井屋京之助」二代目片岡我童、「吉野屋繁蔵」二代目片岡我当
Actors Kataoka Gadô II as Goiya Kyônosuke and Kataoka Gatô II as Yoshinoya Shigezô
「五井屋京之助」二代目片岡我童、「吉野屋繁蔵」二代目片岡我当
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.3 x 24 cm (13 7/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40745
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 100-9443
DescriptionPlay: Hito-kanade Kodakara Soga
Theater: Nakamura
Publisher's mark and censor's seal are partly cut off of this impression and cannot be clearly read.
一曲奏子宝曽我（ひとかなでこだからそが）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
Publisher's mark and censor's seal are partly cut off of this impression and cannot be clearly read.
一曲奏子宝曽我（ひとかなでこだからそが）
中村
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 5 (partly cut off at right edge)
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰五
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰五
彫師：なし
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.