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七代目市川団十郎 二代目沢村源之助、五代目瀬川菊之丞
Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (R), Sawamura Gennosuke II, and Segawa Kikunojô V (L)
七代目市川団十郎 二代目沢村源之助、五代目瀬川菊之丞
Japanese
Edo period
about 1831 (Tenpô 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban diptych; 20.2 x 36.7 cm (7 15/16 x 14 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19897, 11.19899
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #52; Kôbe Mus., Western Blue/Seiyô no ai (2007), #110; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #2703 (R only)
DescriptionDiptych: 11.19897 (L), 11.19899 (R); virtual record: 11.19897VR (11.19897, 11.19899)
Possibly based on the production of Ichiyô Raifuku Shibuya Tsuwamono at the Kawarazaki Theater in the 11th month of 1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpô 1).
春興摺物。文政13年11月河原崎座「一陽来復渋谷兵」（ いちようらいふくしぶやつわもの）の上演を踏まえたものヵ。
Possibly based on the production of Ichiyô Raifuku Shibuya Tsuwamono at the Kawarazaki Theater in the 11th month of 1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpô 1).
春興摺物。文政13年11月河原崎座「一陽来復渋谷兵」（ いちようらいふくしぶやつわもの）の上演を踏まえたものヵ。
Signed
Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks
Printer's mark: Shunpûdô Ryûko suri
春風堂柳湖摺
春風堂柳湖摺
Inscriptions「文窓竹雅 明て今朝富士をうつせるくひつみに霞ののしもはゆる元日」「松王舎千代彦 初日かけ登るや春の立お山ほうしも霞色のむらさき」「永寿堂 くひつみにかさる蜜柑も紀伊国や日の出のけふをみする島台」
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.