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Actors Arashi Rikan III as Hangaku-jo (R) and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Asari no Yoichi (L)


「板額女」三代目嵐璃寛 「浅利ノ与市」八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.8 x 50.2 cm (14 1/8 x 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43765a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.42924 (key block, left sheet only), 11.43765a-b (complete)

Play (interval): Wada Gassen Onna Maizuru
Play (main feature): Koigoromo Karigane-zome
Theater: Kawarazaki
和田合戦女舞鶴(わだがっせんおんなまいづる)
恋衣雁金染(こいごろもかりがねぞめ)
河原崎、一番目と二番目の間
1852、嘉永05
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印:衣笠、村田
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.