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Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Hôkaibô and Ichikawa Kodanji VIII as Shimobe Gunsuke


「法界坊」四代目市川小団次、「下部軍助」八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 24.7 cm (14 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40788
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (second feature): Kaidan Sumidagawa
Play (main feature): Tsuma Mukae Iro no Fumizuki
Theater: Ichimura
怪談隅田川(かいだんすみだがわ)
妻迎艶文月(つまむかえいろのふみづき)
市村、二番目
1848、嘉永01
Signed Hanmoto no ôju Toyokuni ga
梓元の應需豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村松、吉村
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.