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Actors Bandô Mitsugorô III as Issun Tokubei (R) and Seki Sanjûrô II as Tsuribune no Sabu (L)


「一寸徳兵衛 坂東三津五郎」(三代目)   「釣船の三ぶ 関三十郎」(二代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1819 (Bunsei 2), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 37.5 x 51.2 cm (14 3/4 x 20 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26750-1
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.26750 (left), 11.26751 (right)
興行名:菅原伝授手習鑑 すがわらでんじゅてならいかがみ 場立:二番目切狂言
外題:夏祭宵宮訳 なつまつりよみやのたていれ
中村
Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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.