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「こくせんや 坂東彦三郎」（五代目）、「和党内 河原崎権十郎」（初代）
Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V as Kokusen'ya (R) and Kawarazaki Gonjurô I as Watônai (L)
「こくせんや 坂東彦三郎」（五代目）、「和党内 河原崎権十郎」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.1 × 24.3 cm (14 3/16 × 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41687
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16432, *11.22557 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.41687
Play (interval): Kokusen'ya Kassen
Play (main feature): Tamakushige Akebono Soga
Theater: Nakamura
国性爺合戦（こくせんやかっせん）
宝九字匣曙曽我（たまくしげあけぼのそが）
中村、一番目と二番目の間
1863、文久０３、01・14
Play (interval): Kokusen'ya Kassen
Play (main feature): Tamakushige Akebono Soga
Theater: Nakamura
国性爺合戦（こくせんやかっせん）
宝九字匣曙曽我（たまくしげあけぼのそが）
中村、一番目と二番目の間
1863、文久０３、01・14
Signed
Kunichika ga
国周画
国周画
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 1 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥正改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥正改
彫師：なし
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.
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.