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Actors Onoe Baiko IV as Genzaemon's Wife (Tsuma) Tamazasa (R), Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Miura Arajirô Yoshitaka (C), and Sawamura Sojûrô V as Kano Genzaemon Muneyoshi (L)


「源左衛門妻玉笹」四代目尾上梅幸  「三浦荒次郎義隆」四代目坂東彦三郎  「狩野源左衛門宗義」五代目沢村宗十郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.5 x 75 cm (14 3/8 x 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38478a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 100-7942 (R), 100-7943 (C),100-7944 (L)
DescriptionPlay: Kamakura Yamazakura no Gosho-zome
Theater: Kawarazaki


鎌倉山桜御所染
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村松、吉村
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.