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Actors Bandô Shûka I as Aoyagi Harunosuke (R), Asao Okuyama III as Ôtomo Iwatarô (C), and Arashi Rikaku II as Toriyama Shûsaku (L)


「青柳春之助」初代坂東しうか 「大友岩太郎」三代目浅尾奥山 「鳥山秋作」二代目嵐璃珏
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.5 x 75.7 cm (14 x 29 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44079a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Shiranui Monogatari
Theater: Kawarazaki
しらぬひ譚(しらぬいものがたり)
河原崎
1853、嘉永06、02・10
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Ox 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松、丑二
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.