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Actors Onoe Kikujirô II as Terute-hime, Nakayama Ichizô I as Onio Dôhachi (R), and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Fisherman (Gyoshi) Namishichi (L)


「てるてひめ」二代目尾上菊次郎、「鬼尾銅八」初代中山市蔵 「漁師浪七」四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36 x 50.2 cm (14 3/16 x 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43921a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Sekai o Hana Oguri Gaiden
Theater: Nakamura
世界花小栗外伝(せかいをはなおぐりがいでん)
中村
1851、嘉永04、04・07
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
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松
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.