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Actors Ichikawa Kuzô II as Kongarabô, Arashi Kichisaburô III as Seitakabô (R), and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as the Shirabyôshi Dancer Sakuragi (L)


「こんがら坊 市川九蔵」(二代目)、「せいたか坊 嵐吉三郎」(三代目)  「白拍子桜木 市村羽左衛門」 (十二代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1839 (Tenpô 10), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 37.5 x 51.5 cm (14 3/4 x 20 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40732a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 101-5992 (R), 101-5993 (L)
DescriptionPlay: Hanagatami Musume Dôjô-ji
Theater: Ichimura
花筐未熟道成寺(はながたみむすめどうじょうじ)
市村
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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.