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Actors Seki Sanjûrô III as Kongara-bô, Arashi Kichisaburô III as Seitakabô (R), and Bandô Shûka I as the Shirabyôshi Dancer Hanako (L)


「こんから坊」三代目関三十郎、「せいたか坊」三代目嵐吉三郎 「白拍子花子」初代坂東しうか
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsujiya Yasubei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), intercalary 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36 x 50 cm (14 3/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43832a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.43832a-b, 11.43880a-b

Play (shosa, finale of Part 2): Kyôganoko Musume Dôjô-ji
Play (main feature): Sumidagawa Tsui no Kaga-mon
Theater: Ichimura
京鹿子娘道成寺(きょうがのこむすめどうじょうじ) 長唄
隅田川対高賀紋(すみだがわついのかがもん)
市村、二番目大切
1852、嘉永05、03・03
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat intercalary
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Shôjirô (on right sheet)
改印:福、村松、子閏
彫師:彫工庄次郎
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.