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Actors Onoe Baiko IV as Izumoya Okuni (R), Ichikawa Ebizô V as Fuwa Banzaemon Shigekatsu (C), and Sawamura Chôjûrô V as Nagoya Sanza Motoharu (L)


「出雲屋於国」四代目尾上梅幸  「不破伴左エ門重勝」五代目市川海老蔵  「名古屋山三元春」五代目沢村長十郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 75.4 cm (14 3/16 x 29 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38544a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kuniyoshi Project db
DescriptionPlay: Date Kurabe Uwasa no Saya-ate
Theater: Kawarazaki
伊達競高評鞘当(だてくらべうわさのさやあて)
河原崎
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込
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.