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Actors Sawamura Tosshô II as Denbei, Iwai Kumesaburô III as Oshun (R), and Kataoka Gadô II as Yojirô (L)


「伝兵衛」二代目沢村訥升、「おしゆん」三代目岩井粂三郎 「与四郎」二代目片岡我童
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.7 x 50.7 cm (14 1/16 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43856a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (middle feature): Sarumawashi Kadode no Hitofushi
Play (main feature): Zôho Suzuka Kassen
Theater: Nakamura
猿廻門出の一諷(さるまわしかどでのひとふし)
増補鈴鹿山合戦(ぞうほすずかかっせん)
中村、中幕
1856、安政03
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、辰八
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.