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「山姥」八代目市川団十郎 「怪童丸」四代目市川小団次
Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Yamauba (R) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Kaidômaru (L)
「山姥」八代目市川団十郎 「怪童丸」四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyūdō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyūdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.2 x 48.8 cm (14 1/4 x 19 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29969-70
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.29969 (left), 11.29970 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.29969-70, 11.43907a-b
Play (shosa, finale of Part 2): Takigi Ôyuki Ma no Ichikawa
Play (main feature): Azuma Dairi Hana mo Yoshikado
Theater: Kawarazaki
薪荷雪間の市川（たきぎおうゆきまのいちかわ） 常磐津
東都内裡花能門（あずまだいりはなもよしかど）
河原崎、二番目大切
1848、嘉永０１、11・04
MFA impressions: 11.29969-70, 11.43907a-b
Play (shosa, finale of Part 2): Takigi Ôyuki Ma no Ichikawa
Play (main feature): Azuma Dairi Hana mo Yoshikado
Theater: Kawarazaki
薪荷雪間の市川（たきぎおうゆきまのいちかわ） 常磐津
東都内裡花能門（あずまだいりはなもよしかど）
河原崎、二番目大切
1848、嘉永０１、11・04
Signed
Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
一陽斎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国画
一陽斎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Kinugasa
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、衣笠
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、衣笠
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.
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.