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「俳優落語当り競」「きられ与三 河原崎三升」（初代）、「小早川高景 中村宗十郎」
Actors Kawarazaki Sanshô I as Kirare Yosa (above) and Nakamura Sôjûrô as Kobayakawa Takakage (below), from the series Actors and Comedy, Comparisons of Hits (Haiyû rakugo atari kurabe)
「俳優落語当り競」「きられ与三 河原崎三升」（初代）、「小早川高景 中村宗十郎」
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), April
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.9 x 23.8 cm (14 1/8 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44463
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionKawarazaki Gonnosuke VII changed his name to Kawarazaki Sanshô I in September of 1843.
Signed
Toyohara Kunichika hitsu
豊原国周筆
豊原国周筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 4
Blockcutter's mark: Watanabe Hori Ei
改印：酉四
彫師：渡辺彫栄
Blockcutter's mark: Watanabe Hori Ei
改印：酉四
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.