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Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Nakai no Okume, Onoe Kikujirô II as Daikagura Hananojô (R), Bandô Takesaburô I as Kokura-an Chôkichi (C), and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Moremore Yoshizô (L)


「仲居ノお粂」三代目岩井粂三郎、「太かくら花之丞」二代目尾上菊次郎 「小倉庵長吉」初代坂東竹三郎 「もれ/\与志蔵」四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ningyôya Takichi
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.2 x 70.4 cm (13 7/8 x 27 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44004a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale of Part 2, second section): Iro Ichiza Tegoto no Fukubiki
Play (main feature): Kinoshita Soga Megumi no Masagoji
Theater: Nakamura
下の巻、彩一座劇の福摂(いろいちざてごとのふくびき)、常磐津
木下曽我恵☆路(きのしたそがめぐみのまさごじ)
中村、二番目大切
1851、嘉永04、01・12
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.