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Actors Ichikawa Dannosuke III as Yûgiri of the Ôgiya (R) and Iwai Hanshirô V as Fujiya Izaemon (L)


「扇屋夕霧 市川団之助」(三代目) 「藤屋伊左衛門 岩井半四郎」(五代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1814 (Bunka 11), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 38.1 x 52 cm (15 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15200, 11.15665
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.15200 (left), 11.15665 (right)

Play (finale of Part 2): Kuruwa Bunshô
Play (main feature): Imaori Hakata no Irifune
Theater: Ichimura
廓文章(くるわぶんしょう) 竹本
新織博多縞入船(いまおりはかたのいりふね)
市村、二番目大切
1814、文化11、08・11
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
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.