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「莵原の田五平 市川海老蔵」（五代目） 「けいせい菅原 実ハ菊のまへ 岩井紫若」（初代）
Actors Ichikawa Ebizô V as Ubara no Tagohei (R) and Iwai Shijaku I as the Courtesan (Keisei) Sugawara, Actually (Jitsu wa) Kiku no mae (L)
「莵原の田五平 市川海老蔵」（五代目） 「けいせい菅原 実ハ菊のまへ 岩井紫若」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1841 (Tenpô 12), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.8 x 52 cm (14 7/8 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21571-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.21571 (right), 11.21572 (left)
Play: Ichinotani Futaba Gunki
Theater: Kawarazaki
一谷嫩軍記（いちのたにふたばぐんき）
河原崎
1841、天保１２、04・08
Play: Ichinotani Futaba Gunki
Theater: Kawarazaki
一谷嫩軍記（いちのたにふたばぐんき）
河原崎
1841、天保１２、04・08
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
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.
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.