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Actors Seki Sanjûrô III as Iwami Tarô Tomohide (R), Onoe Baikô IV as Akamatsu's Daughter (Sokujo) Shiragiku, Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Dote no Dôtetsu (C), and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Ashikaga Jirô (L)


岩見太郎友秀<3>関三十郎 赤松息女白菊<4>尾上梅幸、土手ノ道哲<4>市川小団次 足利次郎<8>市川団十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.2 x 76.1 cm (14 1/4 x 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44080a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.44074a-c, 11.44080a-c

Play: Kozotte Kuruwa Mimasu no Datezome
Theater: Nakamura
挙廓三升伊達染(こぞってくるわみますのだてぞめ)
中村
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Ox 1
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込、丑正
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.