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Actors Bandô Shûka I as Miyuki, later Asagao (R), and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Miyagi Asojirô (L)


「深雪後に朝がほ」初代坂東しうか 「宮木阿曽次郎」八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 32.1 x 50 cm (12 5/8 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22376-7
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.22376 (right), 11.22377 (left)

MFA impressions: 11.15154 (left sheet only), 11.22376-7 (complete diptych)

Play: Asagao Monogatari
Theater: Ichimura
蕣物語(あさがおものがたり)
市村
Signed Ôju Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
応需豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、村田
彫師:なし
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.