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Actors Bandô Shûka I as Kinokuniya Koharu (R) and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Kamiya Jihei (L)


「紀の国屋小春」初代坂東しうか  「紙屋次兵衛」十二代目市村羽左衛門
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Shimizuya Naojirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 37.6 x 52.1 cm (14 13/16 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43913a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (interval): Shinjû Kamiya Jihei
Theater: Nakamura
心中紙屋治兵衛(しんじゅうかみやじへえ)、冬
市村、一番目と二番目の間
1849、嘉永02
Signed Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on right sheet); Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
一陽斎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印:衣笠、渡辺
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.