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Actors Ichikawa Ebizô V as Banzui Chôbei (R) and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Shirai Gonpachi (L)


「幡隨長兵衛」五代目市川海老蔵 「白井権八」初代河原崎権十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.2 x 48.7 cm (13 7/8 x 19 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29881-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.29881 (right), 11.29882 (left)
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Horse 9
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Kane
改印:午九
彫師:彫兼
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.