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Heroes Together at the Tori-no-machi Festival (Isami dôshi tori no machi zure): Actors Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I (R) and Nakamura Fukusuke I (L)


「勇同士酉の道連」 初代河原崎権十郎 初代中村福助
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.7 x 49.3 cm (14 1/16 x 19 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40896a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Description見立
Signed Konomi ni makase Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
任好豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 11 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:未十一改
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.