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Actors Nakamura Daikichi I as Ikyû (R), Matsumoto Kôshirô V as Sukeroku (C), and Onoe Kikugorô III as Agemaki


「伊久 中村大吉」(初代)  「助六 松本幸四郎」(五代目)  「あげ巻 尾上菊五郎」(三代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1822 (Bunsei 5), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 75.1 cm (14 9/16 x 29 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43015a-c
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ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Sukeroku Sakura no Futae Obi
Theater: Kawarazaki
助六桜の二重帯(すけろくさくらのふたえおび)
河原崎
Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
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.