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「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
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)
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
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
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
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)
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
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.
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.