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Actors Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Ashikaga Yoshimasa kô, Azuma Ichinojô I as Kashitsuki Sugibae (R), Onoe Kikujirô II as Besshitsu Fuji no kata (C), unidentified actor (Tatsunosuke?) as Koshimoto Kodemari, and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Ashikaga Jirô no kimi (L)


「足利義正公」四代目坂東彦三郎、「かしつき杉生」初代吾妻市之丞  「別室藤の方」二代目尾上菊次郎  「こし元小でまり」「足利冶郎ノ君」三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Shimizuya Tsunejirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.5 x 75.5 cm (14 3/8 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43482a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Higashiyama Sakura Zôshi
Theater: Nakamura
[版元]丸屋清次郎(版元№680)の可能性もあり。
東山桜荘子(ひがしやまさくらぞうし)
義正公役の<4>坂東彦三郎の顔は、源氏絵風に<3>沢村宗十郎の似顔に似せている。
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, shita-uri (shita-uri on middle sheet only)
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、渡辺、シタ売
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.