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「清水清玄」八代目市川団十郎 「さくらひめ」三代目岩井粂三郎
Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Kiyomizu Seigen (R) and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Sakura-hime (L)
「清水清玄」八代目市川団十郎 「さくらひめ」三代目岩井粂三郎
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35 x 49.6 cm (13 3/4 x 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43748a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21563-4 (complete diptych), 11.43748a-b (complete diptych), RES.52.10 (right sheet only)
Play: Koigoromo Karigane-zome
Theater: Kawarazaki
恋衣雁金染（こいごろもかりがねぞめ）
河原崎
1852、嘉永０５、01・13
Play: Koigoromo Karigane-zome
Theater: Kawarazaki
恋衣雁金染（こいごろもかりがねぞめ）
河原崎
1852、嘉永０５、01・13
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, shita-uri
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田、シタ売
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田、シタ売
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.
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.