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Actors Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Maboroshi Chôkichi (R) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Asakura Tôgo (L)


「幻長吉」四代目坂東彦三郎 「浅倉当吾」四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tama-Sô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.6 x 51 cm (14 7/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43764a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Higashiyama Sakura Zôshi
Theater: Nakamura
東山桜荘子(ひがしやまさくらぞうし)
中村
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, shita-uri
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、渡辺、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.