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「小町桜の性 沢村訥升」（初代） 「大友之黒主 坂東三津五郎」（四代目） 「むねさだ 坂東玉三郎」（初代）
Actors Sawamura Tosshô I as the Spirit of the Komachi Cherry Tree (Komachi sakura no sei) (R), Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Ôtomo no Kuronushi (C), and Bandô Tamasaburô I as Munesada (L)
「小町桜の性 沢村訥升」（初代） 「大友之黒主 坂東三津五郎」（四代目） 「むねさだ 坂東玉三郎」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1834 (Tenpô 5), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.7 x 74.5 cm (14 7/16 x 29 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38537a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kuniyoshi Project db
DescriptionPlay: Igagoe Norigake Gappa
Theater: Morita
伊賀越乗掛合羽
守田
Theater: Morita
伊賀越乗掛合羽
守田
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
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.
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.