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「廿一」「足利頼兼」五代目沢村長十郎、「三浦屋高尾」三代目岩井粂三郎、富本豊前太夫
Actors Sawamura Chôjûrô V as Ashikaga Yorikane and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Miuraya Takao, with Chanter Tomimoto Buzentayû, No. 21 from an untitled series
「廿一」「足利頼兼」五代目沢村長十郎、「三浦屋高尾」三代目岩井粂三郎、富本豊前太夫
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kobayashi Taijirô (Bunseidô / Bunshôdô)
Publisher: Kobayashi Taijirô (Bunseidô / Bunshôdô)
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 26 x 37 cm (10 1/4 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25934
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay (shosa): Sawa Murasaki Iro no Minakami
Play (main feature): Date Zensei Sakura no Iromaku
Theater: Nakamura
沢紫色水上（さわむらさきいろのみなかみ） 富本
伊達旭盛桜幕（だてぜんせいさくらのいろまく）
中村、一番目三幕目
1849、嘉永０２
Play (main feature): Date Zensei Sakura no Iromaku
Theater: Nakamura
沢紫色水上（さわむらさきいろのみなかみ） 富本
伊達旭盛桜幕（だてぜんせいさくらのいろまく）
中村、一番目三幕目
1849、嘉永０２
Signed
Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga
一陽斎豊国画
一陽斎豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
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.
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.