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The Syllables Ru and Wo: Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Kaminari Shôkurô and Seki Sanjûrô III as Sawai Matagorô, from the series An Instructive Alphabet of Proverbs (Kyôkun iroha tatoe)


「教訓いろはたとゑ」「る 雷庄九郎」八代目市川団十郎、「を 沢井俣五郎」三代目関三十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō (Dansendō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1851 (Kaei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.1 x 25 cm (14 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42594
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionNo. 06 in the series.

The complete series: 11.42589-11.42612.
役者名が墨書された貼り紙あり。
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松
彫師:なし
InscriptionsProverb for Ru: Rui wa tomo o yobu
Proverb for Wo: On o ada
「るゐは友をよぶ」「おんをあだ」
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.