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Actors Bandô Takesaburô I as Shirai Gonpachi (R), Bandô Kichiya as the Kamuro Yukari, and Ichikawa Dannosuke V as Miuraya Komurasaki (L)


「白井権八」初代坂東竹三郎  「禿ゆかり」坂東吉弥、「三うら屋小紫」五代目市川団之助
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 37.7 x 51.6 cm (14 13/16 x 20 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21580-1
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.21580 (right), 11.21581 (left)

Play (second feature): Aita Mita sa Omoi no Yamayama
Play (main feature): Kagamiyama Hiyoku no Sugatami
Theater: Kawarazaki
逢見思大和(あいたみたさおもいのやまやま) 富本
鏡山比翼容姿鏡(かがみやまひよくのすがたみ)
河原崎、二番目
1855、安政02
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 3
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印:改、卯三
彫師:彫竹
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.