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Actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as Sakuraya Tokuemon, Arashi Kichisaburô III as Sasano Sangobei (R), Ichikawa Komazô VII as Sendô Yasuke, Onoe Baikô IV as Koman (C), Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Katsuma Gengobei, and Nakamura Kôzô I as Wakamono Kyûsuke (L)


「桜屋徳右衛門」初代中村福助、「笹野三五兵衛」三代目嵐吉三郎  「船頭弥助」七代目市川高麗蔵、「小まん」四代目尾上梅幸  「勝間源吾兵衛」八代目市川団十郎、「若者九介」初代中村鴻蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.8 x 77.5 cm (14 1/8 x 30 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44125a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (second feature): Itsumadegusa Ukina no Kaeuta
Play (main feature): Ume Yanagi Sakigake-zôshi
Theater: Ichimura
五大力恋翻(いつまでぐさうきなのかえうた)
梅柳魁双紙(うめやなぎさきがけぞうし)
市村、二番目
1854、嘉永07、03・13
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 1
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印:改、寅正
彫師:彫竹
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.