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Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Fusano, later Ofusa (R), Bandô Hikosaburô V as Kiura Shingo, later Tokubei (C), and Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Masaki Shôzaburô (L)


「☆房埜後おふさ 岩井粂三郎」(三代目) 「木浦新吾後徳兵衛 坂東彦三郎」(五代目) 「正木庄三郎 片岡仁左衛門」(八代目)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 x 75.4 cm (14 3/4 x 29 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22052a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.22052a-c (complete), *11.29244 (left sheet only; deaccessioned in 2019)

Play (second feature): Sodegaura Ukina no Harusame
Play (main feature): Okuni no Matsu Soga Nakamura
Theater: Nakamura
袖浦恋春雨(そでがうらうきなのはるさめ)
御国松曽我中村(おくにのまつそがなかむら)
中村、二番目
1861、文久01
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:酉二改
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.