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Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V as Lion Dancer Oto (Shishimai no Oto) (R) and Ôtani Tomoemon V as Lion Dancer Tomo (Shishimai no Tomo) (L)


「獅子舞ノ音」五代目坂東彦三郎   「獅子舞ノ友」五代目大谷友右衛門
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Daikichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 37.4 × 50.7 cm (14 3/4 × 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17386-7
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ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 101-5964 (R), 101-5965 (L)
DescriptionDiptych: 11.17386 (right), 11.17387 (left)

Play (Jôruri, finale): Kioi-jishi Botan no Hikimono
Theater: Morita
競獅子富貴摂物(きおいじしぼたんのひきもの)
守田
Signed Kunichika hitsu (on each sheet)
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Hare 4 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ei
改印:卯四改
彫師:彫栄
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.