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Actors Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Kichisuke, Actually Rai Kunitoshi (R), Onoe Kikujirô II as Oren (C), and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Dankurô (L)


「実ハ来国俊 吉助」四代目坂東彦三郎  「おれん」二代目尾上菊次郎  「団九郎」八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Wakau (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847 (Kôka 4), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.6 x 74.1 cm (14 7/16 x 29 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38480a-c
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ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kuniyoshi Project db
DescriptionPlay: Butai no Hana Yayoi no Irotoki
Theater: Nakamura
台の雪花隅色薗(ぶたいのはなやよいのいろどき)
中村
1847、弘化04
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.