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Actors Nakamura Utaemon III as Umeômaru and Onoe Matsusuke II as Sakuramaru in the Carriage-Pulling Scene (Kurumahiki no ba)


「車引の場」 「梅王丸 中村歌右衛門」(三代目)、「桜丸 尾上松助」(二代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iwatoya Kisaburô (Eirindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1811 (Bunka 8), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 25 cm (14 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22253
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
Theater: Nakamura
菅原伝授手習鑑(すがわらでんじゅてならいかがみ)
中村
1811、文化08、07・15
Signed Kunisada ga
国貞画
Marks Censor's seals: kiwame, Igaya Kan'emon
改印:極、伊賀
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.