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Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Shirabyôshi Katsuragi, Nakayama Ichizô I as Nanbamura Mineemon (R), Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Maboroshi Chôkichi (C), Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Asakura Tôgo, and Onoe Kikujirô II as His Wife (Nyôbô) Omine (L)


「白拍子桂木」三代目岩井粂三郎、「難波村蜂右衛門」初代中山市蔵 「幻長吉」四代目坂東彦三郎 「浅倉当吾」四代目市川小団次、「女房お峰」二代目尾上菊次郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 75 cm (14 3/16 x 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44059a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Higashiyama Sakura Zôshi
Theater: Nakamura
東山桜荘子(ひがしやまさくらぞうし)
中村

1851 嘉永04 08・07 江戸 中村 東山桜荘子 ひがしやまさくらぞうし 東山桜荘子 ひがしやまさくらぞうし
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
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.