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Actors Ichikawa Kuzô II as Hayami Ichigaku (R), Bandô Shûka I as Omatsu, the Female Bandit of Kasamatsu Pass (Kasamatsu tôge onna tôzoku Omatsu), and Arashi Kichisaburô III as Natsume Shirosaburô (L)


「速見一学」二代目市川九蔵 「笠松峠女盗賊お松」初代坂東しうか、「夏目四良三郎」三代目嵐吉三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Shimizuya Naojirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.9 x 50.8 cm (14 1/2 x 20 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43915a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (second feature): Shinpan Koshi no Shiranami
Play (main feature): Genji Moyô Furisode Hinagata
Theater: Ichimura
新板越白浪(しんぱんこしのしらなみ)
源氏模様娘雛形(げんじもようふりそでひながた)
市村、二番目
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: Mera, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、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.