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「宗貞」五代目沢村長十郎 「関兵衛」五代目市川海老蔵
Actors Sawamura Chôjûrô V as Munesada (R) and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Sekibei (L)
「宗貞」五代目沢村長十郎 「関兵衛」五代目市川海老蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.2 x 50.1 cm (14 1/4 x 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29186-7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych (two right sheets of incomplete triptych): 11.29186 (left), 11.29187 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.29186-7 (two right sheets only), 11.43997a-c (complete triptych)
Play (Jôruri): Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To
Play (main feature): Oda no Yukimi Tsugi no Tamamono
Theater: Kawarazaki
小田雪貢賜（おだのゆきみつぎのたまもの）
積恋雪関扉（つもるこいゆきのせきのと）、常磐津
河原崎、二番目大切
1850、嘉永０３、11・09
MFA impressions: 11.29186-7 (two right sheets only), 11.43997a-c (complete triptych)
Play (Jôruri): Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To
Play (main feature): Oda no Yukimi Tsugi no Tamamono
Theater: Kawarazaki
小田雪貢賜（おだのゆきみつぎのたまもの）
積恋雪関扉（つもるこいゆきのせきのと）、常磐津
河原崎、二番目大切
1850、嘉永０３、11・09
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on right sheet), Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠) 香蝶楼豊国画
豊国画(年玉枠) 香蝶楼豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
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.