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Actors Ichikawa Danzô VI as Shunkan sôzu, Nakamura Kajaku I as Seo Jûrô Kaneyasu (R), Nakamura Fukusuke I as Ama Chidori, and Ichikawa Ichizô III as Tanzaemon Motoyasu (L)


「俊寛僧都」六代目市川団蔵、「瀬尾十郎兼康」初代中村歌雀 「あま千鳥」初代中村福助、「丹左衛門基康」三代目市川市蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Nôshûya Yasubei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 37 x 50.2 cm (14 9/16 x 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40819a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Irifune Soga Nihon no Torikaji, Act 6
Theater: Morita
入☆曽我和取楫(いりふねそがにほんのとりかじ)
森田、六幕目
1857、安政04
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 3
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳三
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.