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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
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
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
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
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
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
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.