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「笹埜才蔵 市川市蔵」（三代目） 「片桐才蔵 市川小団次」（四代目）
Actors Ichikawa Ichizô III Sasano Saizô (R) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Katagiri Saizô (L)
「笹埜才蔵 市川市蔵」（三代目） 「片桐才蔵 市川小団次」（四代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kagiya Shôbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kagiya Shôbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.8 x 50.4 cm (14 1/2 x 19 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29961-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.29961 (left), 11.29962 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.29961-2, 11.40870a-b
Play: Sakura Sôshi Gonichi Bundan
Theater: Morita
桜荘子後日文談（さくらそうしごにちぶんだん）
守田
1861、文久０１、08・01
MFA impressions: 11.29961-2, 11.40870a-b
Play: Sakura Sôshi Gonichi Bundan
Theater: Morita
桜荘子後日文談（さくらそうしごにちぶんだん）
守田
1861、文久０１、08・01
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 8 aratame
Blockcutter's marks: Hori Jussai Ko-Kane (on right sheet), Hori Kane (on left sheet)
改印：酉八改
彫師：彫工十才子兼 彫兼
Blockcutter's marks: Hori Jussai Ko-Kane (on right sheet), Hori Kane (on left sheet)
改印：酉八改
彫師：彫工十才子兼 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.
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.