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Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Koshimoto Okaru (R) and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Hayano Kanpei (L)


「こし元おかる」三代目岩井粂三郎 「早の勘平」初代河原崎権十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.8 x 49.6 cm (14 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40840a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa): Michiyuki Tabiji no Hanamuko
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Ichimura
道行 旅路の花聟(たびじのはなむこ) 清元
仮名手本忠臣蔵(かなでほんちゅうしんぐら)
市村、三段目
1859、安政06
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 9 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:未九改
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.