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「浄瑠璃 四季内 秋」 「堀江わん久 沢村訥升」（二代目）、「面うり 尾上覚之助」（初代） 「仲居おきの 沢村田之助」（三代目）
Fall (Aki): Actors Sawamura Tosshô II as Horie Wankyû (R), Onoe Kakunosuke I as a Mask Seller (Men-uri) (C), and Sawamura Tanosuke III as the Geisha's Assistant (Nakai) Okino (L), from the series Musical Numbers for the Four Seasons (Jôruri shiki no uchi)
「浄瑠璃 四季内 秋」 「堀江わん久 沢村訥升」（二代目）、「面うり 尾上覚之助」（初代） 「仲居おきの 沢村田之助」（三代目）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Etsuka (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Etsuka (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.8 × 51 cm (14 1/2 × 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21536-7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.21536 (left), 11.21537 (right)
Signed
Kunichika ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
国周画（年玉枠）
国周画（年玉枠）
Marks
Censor's seal: Dog 6 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Ôta Hori Koma (on left sheet only)
改印：戌六改
彫師：太田彫駒
Blockcutter's mark: Ôta Hori Koma (on left sheet only)
改印：戌六改
彫師：太田彫駒
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.