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Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Kannon Kozô Kyûji (R), Onoe Baikô IV as Yokogushi Otomi (C), and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Mukôkizu Yosa (L)


「観音小僧久次」四代目市川小団次 「横ぐしお富」四代目尾上梅幸 「向ふ疵与三」八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kagaya Yasubei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Uemura Yasugorô (Hori Yasu) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.8 x 75.3 cm (14 1/8 x 29 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44087a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (second feature): Yowa Nasake Ukiyo no Yokogushi
Play (main feature): Hana to Mimasu Yayoi no Hatsuyaku
Theater: Nakamura
与話情浮名の横ぐし(よはなさけうきなのよこぐし)
花☆宿初役(はなとみますやよいのはつやく)
中村、二番目
1853、嘉永06、03・15
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Ox 3
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ue Yasu
改印:米良、渡辺、丑三
彫師:彫上安
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.