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Actors Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Demura Shinbei (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Tamaya Shinbei (C), and Onoe Kikujirô II as Mikuni Kojorô (L)


「出村新兵衛」四代目坂東彦三郎  「玉屋新兵衛」八代目市川団十郎  「三国小女郎」二代目尾上菊次郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Nakayone (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.4 x 73.7 cm (14 5/16 x 29 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43999a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (second feature): Tsuki mo Demura Tsuyu no Tamaya
Play (main feature): Ichinotani Musha-e no Iezuto
Theater: Kawarazaki
月出村白露玉屋(つきもでむらつゆのたまや)
一谷武者画土産(いちのたにむしゃえのいえづと)
河原崎
Signed Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on right and left sheets), Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on center sheet)
一陽斎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込
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.