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Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Farmer (Hyakushô) Mameshirô (R) and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Ki no Aritsune (L)


「百性豆四郎」三代目岩井粂三郎 「紀ノ有常」五代目市川海老蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Enshûya Hikobei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.2 x 50 cm (14 1/4 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43922a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Kurabekoshi Ise Monogatari
Theater: Kawarazaki
競伊勢物語(くらべこしいせものがたり)
河原崎
1850、嘉永03、05・05
Signed Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
香蝶楼豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込
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.