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Actors Ichikawa Ebizô V as Saimyôji Tokiyori and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Mago Kobotoke Tôroku, No. 9 from the series Comparison of Fan Followings in the Eastern Capital (Tôto hiiki kurabe)


「東都贔屓競 九」 「最明寺時頼」五代目市川海老蔵、「馬士小仏藤六」四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sagamiya Tôkichi (Ai-To) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 24.7 cm (14 5/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42412
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Koharu no En Mitsugumi Sakazuki
Theater: Ichimura
小春宴三組杯觴(こはるのえんみつぐみさかずき)
市村
1858、安政05
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Horse 9
No blockcutter's mark
改印:午九
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.