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「足利頼兼」四代目尾上菊五郎 「絹川谷蔵」五代目坂東彦三郎
Actors Onoe Kikugorô IV as Ashikaga Yorikane (R) and Bandô Hikosaburô V as Kinugawa Tanizô (L)
「足利頼兼」四代目尾上菊五郎 「絹川谷蔵」五代目坂東彦三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Daikokuya Kinnosuke (Kinjirô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Daikokuya Kinnosuke (Kinjirô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 9th month and 1857 (Ansei 4), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.8 x 50 cm (14 1/8 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40825a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki
Theater: Ichimura
The right sheet of the diptych was recycled, without any alterations, from an 1855 production of Konoshita Kage Masago no Date-zome, in which the same actor had played the same role.
For a similar case of recycling by the same publisher, see 11.21569-70 and11.44296a-c.
伊達競阿国戯場（だてくらべおくにかぶき）
市村
1857、安政０４
本図は安政4年10月21日市村座「伊達競阿国戯場」上演時に、足利頼兼役は<4>尾上菊五郎であったため安政2年9月12日市村座「木下蔭☆伊達染」上演時の11.40825aをそのまま使用して二枚続を作ったものと思われる。
Theater: Ichimura
The right sheet of the diptych was recycled, without any alterations, from an 1855 production of Konoshita Kage Masago no Date-zome, in which the same actor had played the same role.
For a similar case of recycling by the same publisher, see 11.21569-70 and11.44296a-c.
伊達競阿国戯場（だてくらべおくにかぶき）
市村
1857、安政０４
本図は安政4年10月21日市村座「伊達競阿国戯場」上演時に、足利頼兼役は<4>尾上菊五郎であったため安政2年9月12日市村座「木下蔭☆伊達染」上演時の11.40825aをそのまま使用して二枚続を作ったものと思われる。
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 9 (on right sheet); aratame, Snake 10 (on left sheet)
No blockcutter's mark
改印（右）：改、卯九
改印（左）：改、巳十
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印（右）：改、卯九
改印（左）：改、巳十
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.