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Actors Ichikawa Shinsha I as the Geisha Ohana (R), Bandô Shûka I as the Geisha Kosan (C), and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Omatsuri no Kingorô (L)


「芸者お花」初代市川新車 「芸者小三」初代坂東しうか 「お祭りの金五郎」八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.3 x 75.3 cm (14 5/16 x 29 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44010a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (finale of part 2): Hanarenu Nakae Nishi no Nagayo
Play: Minoriyoshi Kogane no Kikuzuki
Theater: Nakamura
結恋縁長夜(はなれぬなかえにしのながよ)、常磐津
実成金菊月(みのりよしこがねのきくづき)
中村、二番目大切
1850、嘉永03、09・08
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, reverse aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込、改
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.