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Actors Onoe Eizaburô III as the Geisha Oshun (R), Ichikawa Ebizô V as Shirafuji Genta (C), and Sawamura Tosshô I as Izutsuya Denbei (L)


「芸者おしゆん 尾上栄三郎」(三代目)  「白藤源太 市川海老蔵」(五代目)  「井筒屋伝兵衛 沢村訥升」(初代)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1840 (Tenpô 11), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 76.1 cm (14 9/16 x 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43469a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (finale of Part 2): Hanakawado Migawari no Dan
Play (main feature): Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
Theater: Nakamura
花川戸身替の段(はなかわどみがわりのだん)
菅原伝授手習鑑(すがわらでんじゅてならいかがみ)
中村、二番目切狂言
1840、天保11、09・11
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
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.