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「夏目四良三郎」八代目市川団十郎 「芸子美甚お松 実ハ笠松峠女盗賊児来也」初代坂東しうか
Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Natsume Shirozaburô (R) and Bandô Shûka I as the Geisha Beautiful Omatsu (Geiko Bijin Omatsu), actually Jiraiya, the Female Thief of Kasamatsu Pass(Kasamatsu tôge onna tôzoku) (L)
「夏目四良三郎」八代目市川団十郎 「芸子美甚お松 実ハ笠松峠女盗賊児来也」初代坂東しうか
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35 x 46.7 cm (13 3/4 x 18 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43759a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay (second feature): Shinpan Koshi no Shiranami
Play (main feature): Genji Moyô Furisode Hinagata
Theater: Ichimura
新板越白浪（しんぱんこしのしらなみ）
源氏模様娘雛形（げんじもようふりそでひながた）
市村、二番目
Play (main feature): Genji Moyô Furisode Hinagata
Theater: Ichimura
新板越白浪（しんぱんこしのしらなみ）
源氏模様娘雛形（げんじもようふりそでひながた）
市村、二番目
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.