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Actors Bandô Sajûrô I as Numata Junsai, Bandô Takesaburô I as Oguri Sôtan (R), Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Manchô's Widow (Goke) Omaki, Nakayama Ichizô I as Ariwaraya Narihira (C), Arashi Otohachi III as Makanaibaba Okuma, and Iwai Kumesaburô II as Manchô's Daughter Okoma (L)

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.2 x 74.2 cm (13 7/8 x 29 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44018a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Sekai o Hana Oguri Gaiden
Theater: Nakamura
世界花小栗外伝(せかいをはなおぐりがいでん)
中村
1851、嘉永04、04・07
Signed Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on right and left sheets), Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on center sheet)
香蝶楼豊国画 一陽斎豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, shita-uri
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、渡辺、シタ売
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.