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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Abe no Yasuna, Sawamura Yoshijirô I as the Abe Baby (Abe no dôji) (R), and Arashi Rikan III as Kuzunoha the Fox (Kuzunoha-gitsune) (L)


「安倍の保名」八代目市川 団十郎、「安倍ノ童子」初代沢村由次郎 「葛の葉狐」三代目嵐璃寛
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kogaya Katsugorô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.5 x 49 cm (14 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43884a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Peternolli & Guidi, Kunisada (Bologna, 2017), #63
DescriptionPlay (second feature): Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami
Play (main feature): Jiraiya Gôketsu Monogatari
Theater: Kawarazaki
芦屋道満大内鑑(あしやどうまんおおうちかがみ)
児雷也豪傑譚語(じらいやごうけつものがたり)
河原崎、二番目
1852、嘉永05
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印:衣笠、村田、子八
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.