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Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Naosuke Gonbei (R), Bandô Shûka I as Hitomaru Oroku (C), and Arashi Rikan III as the Packhorse Driver (Mago) Dôhachi (L)


「直助権兵衛」四代目市川小団次 「人丸お六」初代坂東しうか 「馬士胴八」三代目嵐璃寛
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 25.2 cm (14 3/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44151a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Azuma Kudari Gojûsan Tsugi
Theater: Kawarazaki
吾孺下五十三駅(あずまくだりごじゅうさんつぎ)
河原崎
1854、嘉永07、08・08
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 8
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印:改、寅八
彫師:彫巳の
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.