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Actors Ichikawa Yaozô II (R) and Ichimura Uzaemon IX (L)


二代目市川八百蔵  九代目市村羽左衛門
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban diptych; 30.5 x 27.5 cm (12 x 10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18701, 11.18760
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.18701 (left), 11.18760 (right)
Signed Shunshô ga (on each sheet)
春章画
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.