The Acrobatic Troupe of Tetsuwari Yakichi and Tetsuwari Otokichi

Utagawa Kunitsuru (Japanese, 1807–78)

Yamamotoya Jûgorô (Japanese)

1852 (Kaei 5), 1st month

Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper

Dimensions36.4 x 49.5 cm (14 5/16 x 19 1/2 in.)

Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession number11.45581

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Inscriptions番付は「鉄割福松・鉄割靏吉・鉄割金蔵／ゑとうがしら子ノとしの春鼡のたわむれ・おかゞみ三人ざし・太夫音吉・上のり福松・上のり靏吉／とう□□鴬谷のぞき・一本竹・太夫弥吉・上のり靏吉／伊勢二見の浦三曲の打合・二見の浦三曲・太夫音吉・上ノリ福松・上ノリ靏吉／下駄にてさし切三人石橋□□返・壹丁ばしご・太夫弥吉・太夫音吉・上のり福松・上のり靏吉／駿河町・七丁ばしご・太夫弥吉・上のり靏吉／龍宮城長縄渡り音姫琴の一曲・障子渡り・太夫弥吉・太夫音吉・上ノリ靏吉／猿若町二丁目結城座／板元山本重五郎」

ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.