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Actor Bandô Hikosaburô V in an Imagined Role (Mitate) as Sarushima Sôta, in the Scene of Flower Viewing at New Kiyomizu (Shin Kiyomizu hanami no ba), from Shiro Kurenai Sakura no Gosho-zome, a Hit Play for the Third Month of the Boar (Ataru I no yayoi kyôgen)


「当ル亥の弥生狂言 板元栄久堂 源平盛桜御所染 第一番目三立目 作者瀬川如皐 新清水花見の場」 「見立猿島惣太 坂東彦三郎」(五代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Uemura Yasugorô (Hori Yasu) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 24.1 cm (14 1/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40746
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Shiro Kurenai Sakura no Gosho-zome
Theater: Nakamura
源平盛桜柳営染(しろくれないさくらのごしょぞめ)
中村
Signed Nanajûhassai Toyokuni hitsu, in toshidama cartouche
七十八歳 豊国筆(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Uemura Hori Yasu
改印:亥三改
彫師:上邑彫安
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.