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The Scene of the Suzuka Mountains at Minakuchi and the Noji Jewel River at Kusatsu (Minakuchi Suzukayama no ba, Kusatsu Noji no Tamagawa): Actors Iwai Kumesaburô II as Shigenoi-hime, Onoe Kikugorô III as Jinenjo Kozô Sankichi (R), Onoe Kikugorô III as Shirai Gonpachi (C), and Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Yui Minbunosuke (L)


「水口すゞか山場 草津のぢの玉川」 「重の井姫 岩井粂三郎」(二代目)、「しねんしよこぞう三吉 尾上菊五郎」(三代目)  「白井権八 尾上菊五郎」(三代目)  「由井民部之助 市川団十郎」(七代目)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1827 (Bunsei 10), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38 x 77.7 cm (14 15/16 x 30 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38468a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Hitoritabi Gojûsan Tsugi
Theater: Kawarazaki
独道中五十三駅(ひとりたびごじゅうさんつぎ)
河原崎
文政10 (1827)・06
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.