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Amateur Comedians Rehearsing (Shirôto chaban shita geiko)

(Japanese, 1842–1894)
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), intercalary 4th month
Country of Origin, for CustomsJapan
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban diptych; 35.4 × 49 cm (13 15/16 × 19 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.34998.38a-b
On View
Not on view
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: September 29, 2004)

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.
Famous Places in Edo, New Edition (Shinpan Edo meisho)
Utagawa Hiroshige III
1867 (Keiô 3), 4th month
Zhong Kui from the Famous Painting (Meiga no Shôki)
Utagawa Hiroshige III
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), intercalary 4th month
Portrait of the Old Master Toyohiro (Shiso Toyohiro ô zô)
Utagawa Hiroshige III
about 1888 (Meiji 21)