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Encounter with Otomi (Otomi nareai): Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII (R), Suketakaya Takasuke III, and Bandô Shûka I (L), from the series The LIfe of Yosaburô (Yosaburô ichidaibanashi)


「与三良一代咄シ おとみなれ合」 八代目市川団十郎  三代目助高屋高助、初代坂東しうか
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.5 x 49 cm (14 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40812a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionBased on the Kabuki play Yowa Nasake Ukiyo no Yokogushi, but may not refer to a specific production.
「与三郎一代咄」シリーズがあるので、当時そういう見世物を催していたヵ。

歌舞伎「与話情浮名櫛」(よわなさけうきなのよこぐし)を元にした作。
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 11
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳十一
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.