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Actors Ichikawa Ebizô V as Ishikawa Goemon (top) and Sawamura Chôjûrô V as Mashiba Tairyô Hisayoshi (bottom)


「石川五右衛門」五代目市川海老蔵  「真柴大領久吉」五代目沢村長十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban, upright diptych; 72.8 x 25 cm (28 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43738a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Hama no Masago Tsukinu Gohiiki
Theater: Kawarazaki
浜真砂長久御摂(はまのまさごつきぬごひいき)
河原崎
1851、嘉永04、03・03
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu (top sheet); Hama, Magome (bottom sheet)
No blockcutter's mark
改印(上):福、村松
改印(下):浜、馬込
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.