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Actors Bandô Shûka I as Miuraya Agemaki (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Hanakawado no Sukeroku (C), and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Shinbei, a Vendor of White Sake (Shirozake-uri) (L)


「三浦屋あけ巻」初代坂東しうか  「花川戸の助六」八代目市川団十郎  「白酒うり新兵衛」四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ningyôya Takichi
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.5 x 74 cm (14 3/8 x 29 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44009a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (finale of Part 2): Sukeroku Kuruwa no Hanamidoki
Play (main feature): Hana no Yuki Takeda no Kachidoki
Theater: Nakamura
助六廓の花見時(すけろくくるわのはなみどき)、半太夫
花眺雪武田勝凱(はなのゆきたけだのかちどき)
中村、二番目大切
1850、嘉永03、03・06
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: Kinugasa, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印:衣笠、吉村
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.