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Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Ôiso no Tora (R) and Nakamura Kamenojô I as Kisegawa no Kamegiku (L)


「大磯のとら」三代目岩井粂三郎  「喜世川の亀菊」初代中村歌女之丞
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.9 x 51.2 cm (14 1/8 x 20 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43709a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionNo performance found that corresponds to this scene. Possibly advance publicity for a perfromance that did not actually take place.
見立

該当する上演なし。予定稿ヵ。
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 3
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印: 改、卯三
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.