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「猿廻しおわさ」三代目嵐璃寛 「けいしやおしゆん」初代坂東しうか、「井筒屋伝兵衛」初代坂東竹三郎
Actors Arashi Rikan III as the Monkey Trainer (Sarumawashi) Owasa (R), Bandô Shûka I as Geisha Oshun, and Bandô Takesaburô I as Izutsuya Denbei (L)
「猿廻しおわさ」三代目嵐璃寛 「けいしやおしゆん」初代坂東しうか、「井筒屋伝兵衛」初代坂東竹三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ogawa Hansuke (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ogawa Hansuke (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.5 x 48.4 cm (14 3/8 x 19 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29518-9
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.29518 (right), 11.29519 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.29517VR (11.29517, 11.45371), 11.29518-9, 11.43864a-b
Play (second feature): Hatsugasumi Onna Saruhiki
Play (main feature): Miyakodori Nagare no Shiranami
Theater: Kawarazaki
初霞女猿廻（はつがすみおんなさるひき）
都鳥廓白浪（みやこどりながれのしらなみ）
河原崎、二番目中幕
1854、嘉永０７
MFA impressions: 11.29517VR (11.29517, 11.45371), 11.29518-9, 11.43864a-b
Play (second feature): Hatsugasumi Onna Saruhiki
Play (main feature): Miyakodori Nagare no Shiranami
Theater: Kawarazaki
初霞女猿廻（はつがすみおんなさるひき）
都鳥廓白浪（みやこどりながれのしらなみ）
河原崎、二番目中幕
1854、嘉永０７
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 1
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shôji (on right sheet only)
改印：改、寅正
彫師：彫庄治
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shôji (on right sheet only)
改印：改、寅正
彫師：彫庄治
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.
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.