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「（助）六（ゆ）かりの江戸桜」 「あげ巻 岩井粂三郎」（二代目）、「助六 市川伝蔵」（初代）
Actors Iwai Kumesaburō II as Agemaki and Ichikawa Denzō I as Sukeroku, in Sukeroku Yukari no Edo-zakura
「（助）六（ゆ）かりの江戸桜」 「あげ巻 岩井粂三郎」（二代目）、「助六 市川伝蔵」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1811 (Bunka 8), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban; 35.7 x 24.5 cm (14 1/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25412
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay (second feature): Sukeroku Yukari no Edo-zakura
Theater: Yūkiza, managed by Yūki Magosaburō (a theater of puppets and child actors)
Officially, Iwai Kumesaburō II did not take that name until 1812.11; but he seems to have been using it already, unofficially, for this performance in a small theater. In 1811, Denzō was 17 and Kumesaburō was 12.
助六由縁江戸桜（すけろくゆかりのえどざくら）
結城孫三郎芝居
Theater: Yūkiza, managed by Yūki Magosaburō (a theater of puppets and child actors)
Officially, Iwai Kumesaburō II did not take that name until 1812.11; but he seems to have been using it already, unofficially, for this performance in a small theater. In 1811, Denzō was 17 and Kumesaburō was 12.
助六由縁江戸桜（すけろくゆかりのえどざくら）
結城孫三郎芝居
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: Yamaguchi (Yamaguchiya Tōbei)
改印：山口
改印：山口
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.
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.