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「男蝶のせいれい 市川団十郎」（七代目） 「（女）蝶のせいれい 瀬川菊之丞」（五代目）
Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as the Spirit of a Male Butterfly (Ochô no seirei) (R) and Segawa Kikunojô V as the Spirit of a Female Butterfly (Mechô no seirei) (L)
「男蝶のせいれい 市川団十郎」（七代目） 「（女）蝶のせいれい 瀬川菊之丞」（五代目）
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.9 x 51.9 cm (14 1/8 x 20 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26746-7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.26746 (right), 11.26747 (left)
Signed
Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
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.