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Actors Kataoka Gadô II as Florist (Hanaya) Tokubei (R) and Nakamura Daikichi III as Tokubei's Wife (Tsuma) Ofusa (L)


「花屋徳兵衛」二代目片岡我童  「徳兵衛妻お房」三代目中村大吉
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Sashichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.3 x 50.9 cm (14 5/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43731a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.43731a-b, 11.45337a-b

Play (second feature): Sodegaura Kokyô no Nishiki
Play (main feature): Soga Moyô Kameyama-zome
Theater: Kawarazaki
袖浦故郷錦(そでがうらこきょうのにしき)
蝶鵆亀山染(そがもようかめやまぞめ)
河原崎、二番目
1855、安政02
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 7
Blockcutter's mark: Sashichi koku
改印:改、卯七
彫師:佐七刻
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.