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Actors Onoe Matsusuke II as a Seller of Sumida River Morohaku Liquor (Sumidagawa morohaku uri), Actually Yamada Saburô (R), and Onoe Shôroku I as the Shirabyôshi Dancer Hanako, Actually the Ghost (Reikon) of Hanjo (L)


「隅田川諸白うり 実ハ山田三郎 尾上松助」(二代目) 「白拍子花子 実ハはん女のれいこん 尾上松緑」(初代)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Yama-Ichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1810 (Bunka 7), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 39.3 x 53.3 cm (15 1/2 x 21 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22848-9
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.22848 (left), 11.22849 (right)

Play: Neya no Ôgi Sumizome-zakura
Theater: Ichimura
閨扇墨染桜(ねやのおうぎすみぞめざくら)
市村
Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
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.