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Actors Onoe Kikujirô II as Geisha Osame (R), Nakamura Kantarô I as Geisha Kahei, Nakamura Fukusuke I as Hairdresser (Kamiyui) Hakata Shinshichi, and Nakamura Kôzô I as Wakaimono Chûshichi (L)


「芸者おさめ」二代目尾上菊次郎 「芸者嘉兵衛」初代中村翫太郎、「髪結はかた新七」初代中村福助、「わかひ者忠七」初代中村鴻蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.7 x 51.4 cm (14 1/16 x 20 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43692a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Katakiuchi Ganryûjima
Play: Kokoro Bakari Edo-e no Kakegaku
Theater: Ichimura
敵討巌流島(かたきうちがんりゅうじま)
意東絵懸額(こころばかりえどえのかけがく)
市村
1853、嘉永06
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Ox 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込、丑五
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.