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Actors Nakamura Tsuruzô I as Yuhari Nijirô and Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Tsumakasa Koyojirô


「ゆふ張荷次郎 中村鶴蔵」(初代)、「妻笠小夜次郎 市村家橘」(四代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Surugaya Sakujirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Asakura Hori Man (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 × 24.4 cm (14 5/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41678
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 201-1634
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.41678, 11.45484

Play: Shôbu-dachi Tsui no Kyôkaku
Theater: Ichimura
Signed Kunichika ga
国周画
Marks Censor's seal: Ox 5 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Asakura Hori Man
改印:丑五改
彫師:朝倉彫万
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.