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「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
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
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
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
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
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)
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
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.
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.