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Actors Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Akane Tabiya Chôkurô (inset) and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Sasano Gonza (R); Onoe Kikujirô II as Sankatsu (inset) and Bandô Hikosabûrô IV as the Outcaste (Hinin) Yoine no Nisuke (C); Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Akane Tabiya Hanshichi (inset), Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Shirai Gonpachi, and Onoe Kikujirô II as Suketayû's Daughter (Musume) Yaeume (L)


「茜足袋屋長九郎 」四代目坂東彦三郎、「笹野権三」八代目市川団十郎  「三かつ」二代目尾上菊次郎、「非人宵寝の仁助」四代目坂東彦三郎  「茜足袋屋半七」八代目市川団十郎、「白井権八」四代目市川小団次、「助太夫娘八重梅」二代目尾上菊次郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ningyoya Takichi
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.7 x 75.1 cm (14 7/16 x 29 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36694a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Hatsumoto Yui Soga no Kyôdai
Theater: Kawarazaki
初元結曽我鏡台(はつもとゆいそがのきょうだい)
河原崎
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込
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: January 19, 2005)

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.