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Actors Seki Sanjûrô II as Fuwa Banzaemon (R), Iwai Tojaku I as the Geisha's Assistant (Nakai ) Oyama (C), and Nakamura Shikan II as Nagoya Sanza (L)


「不破伴左衛門 関三十郎」(二代目)  「中居おやま 岩井杜若」(初代)  「名古屋山三 中村芝翫」(二代目)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1833 (Tenpô 4), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.6 x 72 cm (14 x 28 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38464a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kuniyoshi Project db
DescriptionPlay: Sakuradoki Hana no Yoshiwara
Theater: Nakamura
桜時花吉原(さくらどきはなのよしわら)
中村
1833、天保04、03・03
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
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: 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.