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Actors Sawamura Tosshô II as Hachizô (R) and Ichikawa Kuzô III as Hachinai (L) and Shigenoi (inset)


「八蔵 沢村訥升」(二代目)   「八内 市川九蔵」(三代目)「重の井」
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Ôsada (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Utakichi (Hori Uta) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.5 × 48.7 cm (14 3/8 × 19 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41631a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 401-0366 (R), 401-0365 (L)
DescriptionPlay: Koe mo Sorou Ryôza no Ôyose
Theaters: Nakamura, Ichimura, Morita
音揃成雨勘大歌(こえもそろうりょうざのおおよせ)
中村・市村・守田
明治01 (1868)・09・
Signed Kunichika hitsu (on each sheet)
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Dragon 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Uta
改印:辰九改
彫師:彫卯多
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.