Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Fujiwara Tokihira kô (R) and Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Sugawara Michizane kô (L)

「藤原時平公」四代目中村芝翫　「菅原道さね公」八代目片岡仁左衛門

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.9 x 48.4 cm (14 1/8 x 19 1/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.40876a-b

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Tenmangû Rishô Kamigaki
Theater: Nakamura
天満宮利生神籬（てんまんぐうりしょうかみがき）
中村
1860、万延０１、07・17

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 7 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Koizumi Hori Kane (on right sheet), Kyûsai Hori Ko-Kane (on left sheet)
改印：申七改
彫師：小泉彫兼, 九才彫子かね

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.