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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Danshichi Kurobei (R) and Bandô Mitsugorô III as Issun Tokubei (L)


「団七九郎兵衛 市川団十郎」(七代目)   「一寸徳兵衛 坂東三津五郎」(三代目)
Utagawa Kuniyasu (Japanese, 1794–1832)
Publisher: Matsumura Tatsuemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1827 (Bunsei 10), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 38.5 x 75.9 cm (15 3/16 x 29 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16095-6
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 101-0178 (R), 101-0179 (L)
DescriptionDiptych: 11.16095 (left), 11.16096 (right)

Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagammi
Theater: Ichimura
夏祭浪花鑑(なつまつりなにわかがみ)
市村
Signed Kuniyasu ga (on each sheet)
国安画
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.