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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Danjô's Older Sister (Ane) Yashio, Onoe Kikujirô II as Tsubone Masaoka (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Arajishi Otokonosuke (C), and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Nikki Danjô (L)


「弾正姉八しほ」八代目市川団十郎、「局政岡」二代目尾上菊次郎 「荒獅子男之助」八代目市川団十郎 「仁木弾正」八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ningyôya Takichi
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 x 76.3 cm (14 3/4 x 30 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44017a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki
Theater: Kawarazaki
伊達競阿国劇場(だてくらべおくにかぶき)
河原崎
1849、嘉永02、03・07
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.