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The Carriage-pulling Scene (Kurumabiki) in the Play Sugawara Denju: Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV as Matsuômaru, Ichikawa Ebizô V as Umeômaru, Arashi Kichisaburô III as Lord Tokihira (Tokihira kô), and Sawamura Tosshô I as Sakuramaru


「菅原伝授車引」「松王丸 中村歌右衛門」(四代目)、「梅王丸 市川海老蔵」(五代目)、「時平公 嵐吉三郎」(三代目)、「桜丸 沢村訥升」(初代)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Maruya Seijirô (Marusei, Jukakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1841 (Tenpô 12), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24 x 37.6 cm (9 7/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25937
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
Theater: Kawarazaki
菅原伝授手習鑑(すがわらでんじゅてならいかがみ)
河原崎
1841、天保12
Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.