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「白拍子花子」初代坂東しうか 「せいたか坊」三代目嵐吉三郎 「こんから坊」三代目関三十郎
Actors Bandô Shûka I as the Shirabyôshi Dancer Hanako (C), Seki Sanjûrô III as Seitakabô, and Arashi Kichisaburô III as Kongarabô (L)
「白拍子花子」初代坂東しうか 「せいたか坊」三代目嵐吉三郎 「こんから坊」三代目関三十郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Mitaya Kihachi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)
Publisher: Mitaya Kihachi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), intercalary 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.8 x 74.4 cm (14 1/2 x 29 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38506a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Fujisawa, Kabuki Edo hyakkei (2022), pp. 66-7; Edo-Tokyo Museum, Edo kabuki (1995), #3-54
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.38506a-c, 11.38507a-c
Play (finale of Part 2): Kyô-ganoko Musume Dôjô-ji
Play (main feature): Sumidagawa Tsui no Kaga-mon
Theater: Ichimura
京鹿子娘道成寺（きょうがのこむすめどうじょうじ） 長唄
隅田川対高賀紋（すみだがわついのかがもん）
市村、二番目大切
1852、嘉永０５、03・03
Play (finale of Part 2): Kyô-ganoko Musume Dôjô-ji
Play (main feature): Sumidagawa Tsui no Kaga-mon
Theater: Ichimura
京鹿子娘道成寺（きょうがのこむすめどうじょうじ） 長唄
隅田川対高賀紋（すみだがわついのかがもん）
市村、二番目大切
1852、嘉永０５、03・03
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat intercalary
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Shôjirô
改印：福、村松、子閏
彫師：彫工庄次郎
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Shôjirô
改印：福、村松、子閏
彫師：彫工庄次郎
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.