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Actors Sawamura Chôjûrô V as Inanoya Hanbei (R) and Bandô Shûka I as Katsumi Ane-e Ochiyo (L)


「稲野屋半兵衛」 五代目沢村長十郎 「勝見あねへお千代」 初代坂東しうか
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36 x 50.6 cm (14 3/16 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29889-90
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôta Memorial Museum of Art, Edo engei hana zukushi (2009), #102
DescriptionDiptych: 11.29889 (left), 11.29890 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.29031-2, 11.29889-90, 11.43698a-b

Play: Meiyo Jinsei Roku
Theater: Ichimura
名誉仁政録(めいよじんせいろく)
市村
1852、嘉永05、07・09
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、渡辺、子七
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.