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「横蔵 中村芝翫」（四代目） 「慈悲蔵 河原崎権十郎」（初代）
Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Yokozô (R) and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Jihizô (L)
「横蔵 中村芝翫」（四代目） 「慈悲蔵 河原崎権十郎」（初代）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.2 x 49 cm (13 7/8 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29883-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 5, Victoria and Albert Museum II (1987), pl. 27
DescriptionDiptych: 11.29883 (right), 11.29884 (left)
Play: Honchô Nijûshi Kô
Theater: Ichimura
本朝廿四孝（ほんちょうにじゅうしこう）
市村
1861、文久０１、09・17
Play: Honchô Nijûshi Kô
Theater: Ichimura
本朝廿四孝（ほんちょうにじゅうしこう）
市村
1861、文久０１、09・17
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Matsushima Hori Masa
改印：酉九改
彫師：松島彫政
Blockcutter's mark: Matsushima Hori Masa
改印：酉九改
彫師：松島彫政
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.