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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Shioboshi no Yosa and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Kômori Yasu (inset), from the series Past and Present, Both Sides of the Leaf (Konjaku konotegashiwa)


「今昔児手柏」 「しほ干の与三」八代目市川団十郎、「かうもり安」五代目市川海老蔵
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 24.6 cm (14 1/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43687
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.43687, 11.45396.19 (creped and mounted in album)
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 4
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印:改、卯四
彫師:彫竹
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.