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「足利頼兼 坂東三津五郎」（三代目） 「角力取きぬ川谷蔵 松本幸四郎」（五代目）
Actors Bandô Mitsugorô III as Ashikaga Yorikane (R) and Matsumoto Kôshirô V as the Sumô Wrestler (Rikishi) Kinugawa Tanizô (L)
「足利頼兼 坂東三津五郎」（三代目） 「角力取きぬ川谷蔵 松本幸四郎」（五代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1808 (Bunka 5), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.7 x 45.1 cm (14 1/16 x 17 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26748-9
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 001-1077 (R), 100-7135 (L)
DescriptionDiptych: 11.26748 (left), 11.26749 (right)
Play: Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki
Theater: Ichimura
Unidentified publisher's mark
伊達競阿国戯場（だてくらべおくにかぶき）、一番目三建目
市村
Play: Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki
Theater: Ichimura
Unidentified publisher's mark
伊達競阿国戯場（だてくらべおくにかぶき）、一番目三建目
市村
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.