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Memorial Portraits of Actors Bandô Mitsugorô III and Segawa Kikunojô V


三代目坂東三津五郎と五代目瀬川菊之丞 (死絵) 「坂東三津五郎 行年五十七才 天保二卯年十二月廾七日 実誉秀佳信士」 「五代目瀬川菊之丞 行年三十一才 天保三辰ノ年正月六日 勇誉才阿哲芸信士 本所押上大雲寺」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ezakiya Tatsuzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1832 (Tenpô 3), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 38.1 x 51.8 cm (15 x 20 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16500, 11.17396
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 014-0075 (R), 014-0074 (L)
DescriptionDiptych: 11.16500 (left), 11.17396 (right)
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

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.