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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Ashikaga Jirô no kimi (R) and Bandô Shûka I as Sônyû's Daughter (Musume) Asagiri (L)


「足利次郎君」八代目市川団十郎 「宗入娘朝きり」初代坂東しうか
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Nakayone (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.6 x 50 cm (14 7/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43943a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Genji Moyô Furisode Hinagata
Theater: Ichimura
源氏模様娘雛形(げんじもようふりそでひながた)
市村座
1851、嘉永04、09・09
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: 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.