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Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Ishidô Umanojô (L) and Onoe Matsusuke I as Yakushiji Jirozaemon (L)


二代目市川門之助の石堂右馬之丞  初代尾上松助の薬師寺次郎左衛門
Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)
Japanese
Edo period
1780 (An'ei 9), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban diptych; 32.2 x 28.9 cm (12 11/16 x 11 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.719, 11.18394
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 06.719 (right), 11.18394 (left)

MFA impressions: 06.719VR (06.719, 11.18394) (two sheets only), 11.18393 (one sheet only), 21.7294-6 (triptych)

The correct order of the sheets is uncertain.
Play: Kanadehon Chûshin Nagori no Kura
Theater: Nakamura
Signed Shunkô ga (on each sheet)
春好画
ProvenanceRight sheet: March 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross

Left sheet: By 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.