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「妙桂木」三代目岩井粂三郎、「 こし元桜木実は当吾霊」四代目市川小団次 「浅倉当吾の霊」四代目市川小団次 「織越大領」四代目坂東彦三郎、「茶屋印馬実ハ当吾霊」四代目市川小団次
Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as the Secret Mistress (Myô) Katsuragi, Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Koshimoto Sakuragi, Actually (jitsu wa) the Ghost (Rei) of Tôgo (R), Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the Ghost of Asakura Tôgo (C), Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Orikoshi Tairyô, and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the Tea Server (Chaya) Inma, Actually the Ghost of Tôgo (L)
「妙桂木」三代目岩井粂三郎、「 こし元桜木実は当吾霊」四代目市川小団次 「浅倉当吾の霊」四代目市川小団次 「織越大領」四代目坂東彦三郎、「茶屋印馬実ハ当吾霊」四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.4 x 75.1 cm (13 15/16 x 29 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38474a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kuniyoshi Project db
DescriptionPlay: Higashiyama Sakura Zôshi
Theater: Nakamura
東山桜荘子（ひがしやまさくらぞうし）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
東山桜荘子（ひがしやまさくらぞうし）
中村
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
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.
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.