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Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Tobigashira Kakichi, Seki Sanjûrô III as the Quack Doctor (Taiko isha) Hôfutei, and Bandô Shûka I as Ohide of Naka-no-chô in Ôiso


「鳶頭嘉吉」十二代目市村羽左衛門、「たいこ医者宝富亭」三代目関三十郎、「大礒中の町お秀」初代坂東しうか
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Wakau (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.2 x 25 cm (13 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36726
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kuniyoshi Project db
DescriptionPlay (shosa): Shinki Ikken Tori no Hatsugoe (A Ken Game with New Rules to the First Cry of the Cock)
Play (main feature): Aoto Banashi
Theater: Ichimura
新規一拳酉魁声(しんきいっけんとりのはつごえ)
青砥調(あおとばなし)
市村、四立目
1849、嘉永02、01・17
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込
彫師:なし
InscriptionsKemari ... no manabi
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.