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Actors Bandô Shûka I as the Female Bandit (Onna tôzoku) Mijin no Omatsu, Nakamura Kantarô I as Teshita Kyûsuke, and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Natsume Shirosaburô, in the Play Shinpan Koshi no Shiranami, 9th Month of 1851 (Kaei 4), from the series Titles of Performances (Odori keiyô gedai zukushi)


「踊形容外題づくし」「嘉永四辛亥年九月吉日」「新板越白波 第二ばんめ中まく 新☆町道場の場」「女盗賊みぢんの於松」初代坂東しうか、「手下九介」初代中村翫太郎、「夏目四郎三郎」八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 24.7 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43108
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (second feature): Shinpan Koshi no Shiranami
Play (main feature): Genji Moyô Furisode Hinagata
Theater: Ichimura
Date of performance: 1851
新板越白浪(しんぱんこしのしらなみ)
源氏模様娘雛形(げんじもようふりそでひながた)
市村、二番目
1851、嘉永04
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 11
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、辰十一
彫師:なし
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.