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Actors Bandô Shûka I as Shiraito, an Employee of the Hashimotoya (Hashimotoya kakae Shiraito), Sawamura Chôjûrô V as Suzuki Mondo, and Arashi Koroku V as the Teaseller's Wife (Chaya nyôbô) Oroku, in the Play Sumidagawa Tsui no Kagamon, 3rd Month of 1852 (Kaei 5), from the series Titles of Performances (Odori keiyô gedai zukushi)


「踊形容外題尽」「嘉永五壬子年三月大吉日」「隅田川対高賀紋 第壱ばん目二まくめ 三囲堤花見の場」「橋本や抱しら糸」初代坂東しうか、「鈴木もんど」五代目沢村長十郎、「茶や女房於六」五代目嵐小六
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 1st 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 Number11.43110
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Sumidagawa Tsui no Kagamon
Theater: Ichimura
Date of performance: 1852
隅田川対高賀紋(すみだがわついのかがもん)
市村
1852、嘉永05
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 1
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳正
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.