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「俳優落語当り競」「羽升勇吉 市川左団次」（初代）、「大久保彦左衛門 坂東彦三郎」（五代目）、「阿部ぶんごの守 中村芝翫」 （四代目）
Actors Ichikawa Sadanji I as Hanemasu Yûkichi (above), Bandô Hikosaburô V as Ôkubo Hikozaemon, and Nakamura Shikan IV as Abe Bungo no kami (below), from the series Actors and Comedy, Comparisons of Hits (Haiyû rakugo atari kurabe)
「俳優落語当り競」「羽升勇吉 市川左団次」（初代）、「大久保彦左衛門 坂東彦三郎」（五代目）、「阿部ぶんごの守 中村芝翫」 （四代目）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Japanese
Meiji era
1873 (Meiji 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 23.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44390
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 007-2475
Signed
Toyohara Kunichika hitsu
豊原国周筆
豊原国周筆
Marks
No censor's seal
Blockcutter's mark: Watanabe Hori Ei
改印：なし
彫師：渡辺彫栄
Blockcutter's mark: Watanabe Hori Ei
改印：なし
彫師：渡辺彫栄
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.
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.