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Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô IX as Watônai (at right) and as Jiraiya (at left), from the series Danjûrô IX in the Eighteen Great Hits of Kabuki, Old and New (Shinko kabuki jûhachiban, Kyûsei Danjûrô)


「新古歌舞伎十八番之内」 「和唐内 九代目市川団十郎」・「児雷也 九代目市川団十郎」
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Yamamura Kinzaburô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Asai Ginjirô (Hori Gin) (Japanese, 1844–1894)
Japanese
Meiji era
about 1887 (Meiji 20)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.4 x 24.2 cm (13 15/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44401
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionRight sheet of a triptych, from a series of three triptychs with a total of 18 images.
The MFA has all nine sheets in the set, 11.44394 to 11.44402, but the order in which they should be assembled is not clear.
Signed Toyohara Kunichika hitsu
豊原国周筆
Marks No censor's seal
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Gin
改印:なし
彫師:彫工銀
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.