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Actors Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Onoe no Mae (R) and Nakamura Nakazô I as Utô Yasukata (L)


二代目小佐川常世の尾上前  初代中村仲蔵のうとう安方
Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)
Japanese
Edo period
1778 (An'ei 7), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban diptych; 30.5 x 30.2 cm (12 x 11 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18428-9
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.18428 (left), 11.18429 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.18428-9 (complete diptychb), 11.18343 (right sheet only)

Play (jôruri): Momiji-gasa Ito no Nishikigi
Play (kaomise): Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori
Theater: Morita
紅葉傘色錦木(もみじがさいとのにしきぎ)
伊達錦対将(だてにしきついのゆみとり)
森田
Signed Katsukawa Shunkô ga (on each sheet)
勝川春好画
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.