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Actors Sawamura Chôjûrô V as Ashikaga Sanshichirô Yoshitaka (R), Ichikawa Hirogorô I as Shôya Mokubei, and Nakamura Tsuruzô I as Mago Ganpachi (L)


「足利三七郎よし高」五代目沢村長十郎  「庄屋杢兵衛」初代市川広五郎、「馬士ぐわん八」初代中村鶴蔵
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Shimizuya Naojirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.5 x 49.1 cm (14 3/8 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38404a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kuniyoshi Project db
DescriptionPlay: Date Zensei Sakura no Iromaku
Theater: Nakamura
伊達旭盛桜幕(だてぜんせいさくらのいろまく)
中村
1849、嘉永02
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
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: 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.