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「芸者おこう 沢村田之助」（三代目) 「たいこ持雀八 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as the Geisha Okô (R) and Nakamura Shikan IV as the Jester (Taikomochi) Jakuhachi (L)
「芸者おこう 沢村田之助」（三代目) 「たいこ持雀八 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.5 × 50.6 cm (14 3/4 × 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21538-9
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.21538 (left), 11.21539 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.21538-9, 11.38778a-b
No date seal appears on this print, but it appears to refer to the same production as 11.40260:
Play: Tôkaidô Iroha Nikki
Theater: Ichimura
No date seal appears on this print, but it appears to refer to the same production as 11.40260:
Play: Tôkaidô Iroha Nikki
Theater: Ichimura
東駅いろは日記（とうかいどういろはにっき）
市村
1861、文久０１、07・13
MFA impressions: 11.21538-9, 11.38778a-b
No date seal appears on this print, but it appears to refer to the same production as 11.40260:
Play: Tôkaidô Iroha Nikki
Theater: Ichimura
No date seal appears on this print, but it appears to refer to the same production as 11.40260:
Play: Tôkaidô Iroha Nikki
Theater: Ichimura
東駅いろは日記（とうかいどういろはにっき）
市村
1861、文久０１、07・13
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
No censor's seal
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Matsushima Masakichi
改印：なし
彫師：彫工松島政吉
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Matsushima Masakichi
改印：なし
彫師：彫工松島政吉
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.