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「江戸の花錦絵くらべ」「橘乃藤泉卿」十二代目市村羽左衛門、「若紫」三代目藤川花友、「御幸乃前」初代坂東しうか、「阿曽次郎」八代目市川団十郎
Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Tachibana no Fujiizumi Kyô (TR), Fujikawa Kayû III as Wakamurasaki (TL), Bandô Shûka I as Miyuki no Mae (BR), and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Asojirô (BL), from the series Flowers of Edo Compared in Color Prints (Edo no hana nishiki-e kurabe)
「江戸の花錦絵くらべ」「橘乃藤泉卿」十二代目市村羽左衛門、「若紫」三代目藤川花友、「御幸乃前」初代坂東しうか、「阿曽次郎」八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.4 x 24.5 cm (13 15/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40326
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Asagao Monogatari
Theater: Ichimura
蕣物語（あさがおものがたり）
市村
1848、嘉永０１、08・20
Theater: Ichimura
蕣物語（あさがおものがたり）
市村
1848、嘉永０１、08・20
Signed
Toyokuni ga (on BL design)
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
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.
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.