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Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV (Uzaemon XIII) as Takegawa, Actually (Jitsu wa) Subashiri Okuma (R), and Bandô Hikosaburô V as Manoya Tokubei (L)


「竹川実ハ州走おくま 市村家橘」(四代目)  「真野屋徳兵衛 坂東彦三郎」(五代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Seibundô Masakichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tanaka Hori Ushi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36 × 48.8 cm (14 3/16 × 19 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41622a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Musume Hyôban Zen'aku Kagami
Theater: Ichimura
処女評判善悪鏡(むすめひょうばんぜんあくかがみ)
市村
Signed Kunichika ga (on each sheet)
国周画
Marks Censor's seal: Ox 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ushi
改印:丑八改
彫師:ほり牛
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.