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「鶴沢安太夫」、「武本戸和太夫」 「乳母政岡 板東彦三郎」（五代目）、「政岡一子千松 坂東市之助」
Musicians Tsuruji Yasudayû and Takemoto Towadayû (R), Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V as Nurse (Menoto) Masaoka and Bandô Ichinosuke as Masaoka's Son (Ichiko) Senmatsu (L)
「鶴沢安太夫」、「武本戸和太夫」 「乳母政岡 板東彦三郎」（五代目）、「政岡一子千松 坂東市之助」
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.6 × 50.7 cm (14 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21567-8
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.21567 (right), 11.21568 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.21567-8, *11.39752a-b (deaccessioned in 2019)
Play: Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki
Theater: Nakamura
伊達競阿国歌舞妓 だてくらべおくにかぶき
中村
1861、文久０１
MFA impressions: 11.21567-8, *11.39752a-b (deaccessioned in 2019)
Play: Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki
Theater: Nakamura
伊達競阿国歌舞妓 だてくらべおくにかぶき
中村
1861、文久０１
Signed
Yoshiiku ga (on each sheet)
芳幾画
芳幾画
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 4 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉四改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉四改
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.