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「わしの長吉 市村家橘」（四代目） 「ゑじまやおよし 河原崎国太郎」（初代）
Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Washi no Chôkichi (R) and Kawarazaki Kunitarô I as Ejimaya Oyoshi (L)
「わしの長吉 市村家橘」（四代目） 「ゑじまやおよし 河原崎国太郎」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.6 × 47.9 cm (14 7/16 × 18 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41563a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Yagura Daiko Oto mo Yoshiwara
Theater: Ichimura
櫓太鼓鳴音吉原（やぐらだいこおともよしわら）
市村
Theater: Ichimura
櫓太鼓鳴音吉原（やぐらだいこおともよしわら）
市村
Signed
Kunichika hitsu (on each sheet)
国周筆
国周筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Tiger 3 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：寅三改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：寅三改
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.
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.