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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Toneri Matsuômaru (R) and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Toneri Sakuramaru (L)


「舎人松王丸」八代目市川団十郎 「舎人桜丸」十二代目市村羽左衛門
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.7 x 51.1 cm (14 7/16 x 20 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43773a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTwo sheets of incomplete triptych?

MFA impressions: 11.29704 (right sheet only), 11.43773a-b (diptych)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
Theaters: Nakamura and Ichimura (two separate productions)
菅原伝授手習鑑(すがわらでんじゅてならいかがみ)
中村と市村

嘉永3年7月に中村座と市村座で上演された「菅原伝授手習鑑」の中から、松王丸・桜丸・梅王丸を組み合わせたものヵ。
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata, shita-uri
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印:米良、村田、シタ売
彫師:彫竹
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.