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「よしつね 浅尾勇次郎」（初代） 「歌姫太夫 岩井半四郎」（五代目）
Actors Asao Yûjirô I as Yoshitsune (R) and Iwai Hanshirô V as Utahime Tayû (L)
「よしつね 浅尾勇次郎」（初代） 「歌姫太夫 岩井半四郎」（五代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1815 (Bunka 12), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.9 x 49 cm (14 1/8 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22212-3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.22212 (right), 11.22213 (left)
Play: Yamato Meisho Senbon-zakura
Theater: Kawarazaki
大和名所千本桜（やまとめいしょせんぼんざくら）
河原崎
1815、文化１２、11・03
Play: Yamato Meisho Senbon-zakura
Theater: Kawarazaki
大和名所千本桜（やまとめいしょせんぼんざくら）
河原崎
1815、文化１２、11・03
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.