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Actors Arashi Rikaku II as Kinshôjo (R) and Arashi Rikan III as Watônai (L) in the play Kokusen'ya

(Japanese, active about 1848–1868)
1859 (Ansei 6), 1st month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color and metallic pigment on paper
DimensionsVertical chûban, asymmetrical triptych; 49.8 × 34.8 cm (19 5/8 × 13 11/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.21102a-c
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ClassificationsPrints
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.
Kawachi Province: (Actor Onoe Tamizô II as) Ishikawa Goemon, from the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nippon rokujû yo shû)
Kawachi Province: (Actor Onoe Tamizô II as) Ishikawa Goemon, from the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nippon rokujû yo shû)
Isshusai Kunikazu
about 1857–61 (Ansei 4–Bunkyû 1)
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The Barrier Ticket of Love, a Courtesan Play (Keisei Koi no Sekifuda)
Isshusai Kunikazu
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 2nd month
Title page for the first half of the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nippon rokujû yo shû)
Title page for the first half of the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nippon rokujû yo shû)
Isshusai Kunikazu
about 1862 (Bunkyû 2)
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Edo: (Ichikawa Ebizô V as) Hôjô Tokimasa and (Arashi Rikaku II as) Tokihime; Osaka: (Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as) Sasaki Takatsuna and (Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as) Hashiba Hisatsugu; Kyoto: (Nakamura Utaemon IV as) Ishikawa Goemon and (Nakamura Tomijûrô II as) Ishida no Tsubone, from the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nippon rokujû yo shû)
Isshusai Kunikazu
about 1862 (Bunkyû 2)
Yamato Province: (Actors Mimasu Baisha I as) Kakuhan and (Onoe Tamizô II as) the Fox (Kitsune) Tadanobu, from the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nippon rokujû yo shû)
Yamato Province: (Actors Mimasu Baisha I as) Kakuhan and (Onoe Tamizô II as) the Fox (Kitsune) Tadanobu, from the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nippon rokujû yo shû)
Isshusai Kunikazu
about 1862 (Bunkyû 2)
Kawachi Province: (Actor Onoe Tamizô II as) Ishikawa Goemon, from the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nippon rokujû yo shû)
Kawachi Province: (Actor Onoe Tamizô II as) Ishikawa Goemon, from the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nippon rokujû yo shû)
Isshusai Kunikazu
about 1862 (Bunkyû 2)
Izumi Province: (Actors Nakamura Kanjaku II as) Abe no Yasuna and (Arashi Rikan III as) Kuzunoha, from the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nippon rokujû yo shû)
Izumi Province: (Actors Nakamura Kanjaku II as) Abe no Yasuna and (Arashi Rikan III as) Kuzunoha, from the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nippon rokujû yo shû)
Isshusai Kunikazu
about 1862 (Bunkyû 2)
Settsu Province: (Actor Arashi Kichisaburô III as) Matsuemon, from the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nippon rokujû yo shû)
Settsu Province: (Actor Arashi Kichisaburô III as) Matsuemon, from the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nippon rokujû yo shû)
Isshusai Kunikazu
about 1862 (Bunkyû 2)
Ise Province: (Actors Nakayama Nanshi II as) Shinobu and (Nakamura Tomosa II as) Nyohachi, from the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nippon rokujû yo shû)
Ise Province: (Actors Nakayama Nanshi II as) Shinobu and (Nakamura Tomosa II as) Nyohachi, from the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nippon rokujû yo shû)
Isshusai Kunikazu
about 1862 (Bunkyû 2)
Shima Province: (Actors Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as) Mitsugi's Aunt (Mitsugi oba) and (Ichikawa Shiyû I as) Hikotayû, from the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nippon rokujû yo shû)
Shima Province: (Actors Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as) Mitsugi's Aunt (Mitsugi oba) and (Ichikawa Shiyû I as) Hikotayû, from the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nippon rokujû yo shû)
Isshusai Kunikazu
about 1862 (Bunkyû 2)
Owari Province: (Actor Arashi Rikaku II as) Dennai, from the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nippon rokujû yo shû)
Owari Province: (Actor Arashi Rikaku II as) Dennai, from the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nippon rokujû yo shû)
Isshusai Kunikazu
about 1862 (Bunkyû 2)
Mikawa Province: (Actor Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as) Konoshita Tokichi, from the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nippon rokujû yo shû)
Mikawa Province: (Actor Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as) Konoshita Tokichi, from the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nippon rokujû yo shû)
Isshusai Kunikazu
about 1862 (Bunkyû 2)