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「大切所作事」 善玉 「坂東三津五郎」（四代目） 「大切所作事」 悪玉 「中村芝翫」（二代目）
Actors Bandô Mitsugorô IV as a Good Influence (Zendama) (R) and Nakamura Shikan II as an Evil Influence (Akudama) (L) in a Grand Finale Dance Play (Ôkiri shosagoto)
「大切所作事」 善玉 「坂東三津五郎」（四代目） 「大切所作事」 悪玉 「中村芝翫」（二代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1832 (Tenpô 3), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.2 x 50 cm (14 1/4 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15206-7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Shibai-e ni miru Edo Meiji no kabuki (Waseda, 2003), p. 87; Edo-Tokyo Museum, Edo kabuki (1995), #3-80
DescriptionDiptych: 11.15206 (right), 11.15207 (left)
Play: Yayoi no Hana Asakusa Matsuri
Theater: Nakamura
弥生花浅草祭（やよいのはなあさくさまつり）
中村
Play: Yayoi no Hana Asakusa Matsuri
Theater: Nakamura
弥生花浅草祭（やよいのはなあさくさまつり）
中村
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
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.