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Actors Seki Sanjûrô II as Katsugi no Koman (R) and Segawa Rokô IV as Seki no Koman (L)


「かつぎの小まん 関三十郎」(二代目)  「せきの小まん 瀬川路考」(四代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Katai (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1810 (Bunka 7), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 38.9 x 52 cm (15 5/16 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22392-3
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.22392 (right), 11.22393 (left)

Play: Dôchû Musume Kaga-gasa
Theater: Nakamura
道中娘菅笠(どうちゅうむすめかががさ)
中村
Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
Marks No censor's seal
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.