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Actors Ichikawa Komazô III as Ono Sadakurô (R) and Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Yoichibei (L)


三代目市川高麗蔵の斧定九郎 五代目市川団十郎の与一兵衛
Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762–1819)
Japanese
Edo period
1790 (Kansei 2), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban diptych; 29.3 x 28.5 cm (11 9/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18260-1
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #644 (right sheet only); TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 1 (1960), #1160 (left sheet only)
DescriptionDiptych: 11.18260 (left), 11.18261 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.18260-1 (complete diptych), 21.5974 (left sheet), 11.18248 (right sheet)

Play: Chûkô Ryôgoku Ori
Theater: Nakamura
忠孝両国織(ちゅうこうりょうごくおり)
中村
Signed Shun'ei ga (on each sheet)
春英画
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.