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Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Wakanaya Wakakusa, Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Ukiyo Inosuke, Ichikawa Kuzô II as the Wandering Ascetic (Shugyôsha) Sainen, and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Enma Kohei, in the Play Noborigoi Taki no Shirohata, 11th Month of 1851 (Kaei 4), from the series Titles of Performances (Odori keiyô gedai zukushi)


「踊形容外題づくし」「嘉永四辛亥年霜月吉日」「升鯉滝白旗 第二番目序まく 角田づゝみの場 浄瑠理 道行 濡嬉浮寝☆」「若な屋若草」三代目岩井粂三郎、「浮世伊之介」八代目市川団十郎、「修行者西念」二代目市川九蔵、「ゑんま小兵衛」五代目市川海老蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 12th 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 Number11.43109
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa, prelude to Part 2): Nurete Ureshiki Ukine no Mizutori
Play (main feature): Noborigoi Taki no Shirohata
Theater: Kawarazaki
Date of performance: 1851
濡嬉浮寝☆(ぬれてうれしきうきねのみずとり) 清元
升鯉滝白旗(のぼりごいたきのしらはた)
河原崎、二番目序幕
1851、嘉永04
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、辰十二
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.