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Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as the Shirabyôshi Dancer Sakurako, from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style (Imayô oshi-e kagami)


「今様押絵鏡 白拍子桜子」 初代中村福助
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), intercalary 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 24.8 cm (14 3/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40949
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Fujisawa, Kabuki Edo hyakkei (2022), p. 66
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.807, 11.40949

Play (shosa, finale of Part 1): Edo-ganoko Ninin Dôjô-ji
Play (main feature): Yayoi-zakura Hisago no Makubari
Theater: Nakamura
東鹿助二人道成寺(えどがのこににんどうじょうじ) 長唄
☆桜瓢蕈☆(やよいざくらひさごのまくばり)
中村、一番目大詰
1860、安政07
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey intercalary 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印:申壬三改
彫師:横川彫竹
Inscriptions「鐘の音や暁近きはな見月 児雀」
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.