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Actors Kataoka Gadô II as Arakiya Gokyô (R) and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Segawa, a Courtesan (Yûkun) of the Matsudaya (L)


「荒木屋五郷」二代目片岡我童 「松田屋遊女瀬川」三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Sashichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.7 x 50.3 cm (14 1/16 x 19 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22017-8
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.22017 (left), 11.22018 (right)

Play: Hitokanade Kodakara Soga
Theater: Nakamura
一曲奏子宝曽我(ひとかなでこだからそが)
中村
1856、安政03
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 3
Blockcutter's mark: Sashichi koku
改印:改、辰三
彫師:佐七刻
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.