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「さぎ平 嵐吉六」（初代）、「石どめ武助 市村家橘」（四代目） 「けいせい花紫 坂東しうか」（六代目坂東三津五郎）
Actors Arashi Kichiroku I as Sagihei, Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Ishidome Busuke (L), and Bandô Shûka (Bandô Mitsugorô VI) as the Courtesan (Keisei) Hanamurasaki (R)
「さぎ平 嵐吉六」（初代）、「石どめ武助 市村家橘」（四代目） 「けいせい花紫 坂東しうか」（六代目坂東三津五郎）
Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.5 × 48.4 cm (14 × 19 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41217a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 100-6282 (R), 100-6283 (L)
DescriptionPlay: Hana Utsugi Iga no Ryôtô
Theater: Ichimura
花卯木伊賀両刀（はなうつぎいがのりょうとう）
市村
Theater: Ichimura
花卯木伊賀両刀（はなうつぎいがのりょうとう）
市村
Signed
Yoshiiku ga (on each sheet)
芳幾画(よし枠)
芳幾画(よし枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 5 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Matsushima Hori Masa
改印：亥五改
彫師：松島彫政
Blockcutter's mark: Matsushima Hori Masa
改印：亥五改
彫師：松島彫政
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.