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「白井権八」三代目岩井粂三郎 「幡すい長兵衛」五代目市川海老蔵
Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Shirai Gonpachi (R) and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Banzui Chôbei (L)
「白井権八」三代目岩井粂三郎 「幡すい長兵衛」五代目市川海老蔵
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.4 x 49.5 cm (14 5/16 x 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43912a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Description11.43910a-b (dated 1853 by the corresponding kabuki performance) is a later reprint of 11.43912a-b (1850), but with the actors' faces changed and the "shita-uri" seal removed. However, the seals with the names of the two censors were left even though that system was no longer in use in 1853.
Play (second feature): Kakitsubata Tamuke no Hanakawado
Play (main feature): Arigata ya O-Edo no Kagekiyo
Theater: Kawarazaki
☆手向の☆川戸（かきつばたたむけのはなかわど）
難有御江戸景清（ありがたやおえどのかげきよ）
河原崎、二番目
1850、嘉永０３、03・17
Play (second feature): Kakitsubata Tamuke no Hanakawado
Play (main feature): Arigata ya O-Edo no Kagekiyo
Theater: Kawarazaki
☆手向の☆川戸（かきつばたたむけのはなかわど）
難有御江戸景清（ありがたやおえどのかげきよ）
河原崎、二番目
1850、嘉永０３、03・17
Signed
Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
香蝶楼豊国画 一陽斎豊国画
香蝶楼豊国画 一陽斎豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Murata, shita-uri
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田、シタ売
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田、シタ売
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.