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Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Yuri no Kata (R) and Ichimura Uzaemon XIV as Hototogisu (L)


「百合之方 市川小団次」(四代目)  「時鳥 市村羽左衛門」(十四代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Fushimiya Zenroku (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Uemura Yasugorô (Hori Yasu) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.3 × 49 cm (13 7/8 × 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41650a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Soga Moyô Tateshi no Goshozome
Theater: Ichimura
曽我綉侠御所染(そがもようたてしのごしょぞめ)
市村
1864、甲子、文久04、02・15
Signed Kunichika ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
国周画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Uemura Hori Yasu
改印:子二改
彫師:上邑彫安
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.