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Actors Sawamura Chôjûrô V as Shunkan Sôzu (R), Onoe Baikô IV as Kameô's Wife (Nyôbô) Oyasu, and Sawamura Yoshijirô I as Tokujumaru (L)


「俊寛僧都」五代目沢村長十郎  「亀王女房おやす」四代目尾上梅幸、「徳寿丸」初代沢村由次郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 37.1 x 50 cm (14 5/8 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43948a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Hime Komatsu Nenohi no Asobi
Play (main feature): Tsuki Yuki Hana Maki-e no Kendai
Theater: Ichimura
姫小松子日の遊(ひめこまつねのひのあそび)
月雪花蒔絵見台(つきゆきはなまきえのけんだい)
市村
1850、嘉永03
Signed Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
香蝶楼豊国画 一陽斎豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, shita-uri (right sheet); Kinugasa, Watanabe, shita-uri (left sheet)
改印(右):米良、渡辺、シタ売
改印(左):衣笠、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.