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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Banzui Chôbei (R) and Iwai Kumesaburô II as Shirai Gonpachi (L)


「幡ずゐ長兵衛 市川団十郎」(七代目) 「白井権八 岩井粂三郎」(二代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Matsumura Tatsuemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1826 (Bunsei 9), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 37.1 x 50.8 cm (14 5/8 x 20 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22237-8
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.22237 (right), 11.22238 (left)

Play (second feature): Hanakawado Sandai Otoko
Play (main feature): Sanmon Gosan no Kiri
Theater: Nakamura
花川戸三代男達(はなかわどさんだいおとこ)
楼門五山桐(さんもんごさんのきり)
中村、二番目
1826、文政09、04・05
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.