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Actors Sawamura Tosshô II as Hanabusa Mondo (R), Onoe Kikugorô V as the Ghost of Iwafuji (C), Iwai Hanshirô VIII as Onoe II, Formerly Ohatsu, and Nakamura Juzaburô as Hanabusa Motome (L)


「花房主水 沢村訥升」(二代目)  「局岩藤亡魂 尾上菊五郎」(五代目)  「二代尾上 岩井半四郎」(八代目)、「花房求女 中村寿三郎」
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Yorozuya Magobei (Ôkura Magobei, Kin'eidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1873 (Meiji 6), April

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.1 × 74.6 cm (14 3/16 × 29 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41797a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Ume Yanagi Sakura no Kagazome
Theater: Nakamura
梅柳桜幸染(うめやなぎさくらのかがぞめ)
中村
Signed Toyohara Kunichika hitsu (on each sheet)
豊原国周筆
Marks No censor's seal
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô
改印:なし
彫師:片田彫長
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.