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Actors Nakamura Kantarō I as Aitamaya Hiroku, Bando Hikosaburō V as Fukuoka Mitsugi (R), and Sawamura Tanosuke III as Aburaya Okon (L)


「相玉や比六 中村翫太郎」(初代)、「福岡貢 坂東彦三郎」(五代目) 「油やおこん 沢村田之助」(三代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shōkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Katada Chōjirō (Hori Chō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyū 3), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ōban diptych; 35.7 × 48.3 cm (14 1/16 × 19 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41641a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba
Signed Ittō Kunichika ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
一投国周画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 5 aratame
Blockcutter's marks: Katada Hori Chō (on right sheet), Hori Chō (on left sheet)
改印:亥五改
彫師:片田彫長 彫長
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.