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「不波ノ伴左衛門」八代目市川団十郎 「名古屋山左衛門」四代目坂東三津五郎
Actors Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Fuwa no Banzaemon (R) and Bandō Mitsugorō IV as Nagoya Sanzaemon (L)
「不波ノ伴左衛門」八代目市川団十郎 「名古屋山左衛門」四代目坂東三津五郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
1848 (Kōka 5/Kaei 1), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban diptych; 36.6 x 49.4 cm (14 7/16 x 19 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43756a-b
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Mukashi-gatari Inazuma-zōshi
Theater: Ichimura
Unidentified publisher's mark.
昔語稲妻帖（むかしがたりいなずまぞうし）
市村
Theater: Ichimura
Unidentified publisher's mark.
昔語稲妻帖（むかしがたりいなずまぞうし）
市村
Signed
Hanmoto no ōju Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Ōju Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
梓元の應需豊国画 應需豊国画
梓元の應需豊国画 應需豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
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.