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Actors Bandô Kamezô I as Tateba no Taheiji and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Kogara no Magoshichi, from the series Matches for Thirty-six Selected Poems (Mitate sanjûrokku sen)


「見立三十六句撰」 「立場の太平次」初代坂東亀蔵、「小物の孫七」初代中村福助
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.4 x 24.6 cm (13 15/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42933
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.30046, 11.42933
見立
Signed Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga; Gengyo (on inset)
香蝶楼豊国画、玄魚
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、辰十二
彫師:なし
Inscriptions「目利してわるい宿とる目見かな」
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.