Actors Onoe Baikô IV as Sakuraya Koman, Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Katsuma Gengobei (R), Ichikawa Komazô VII as Kannushi Komadayû, Nakamura Fukusuke I as Ameya Fukukichi (C), Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Uekiya Kakichi, Ichikawa Saruzô I as Local Girl Oen (L)

「さくら屋小まん」四代目尾上梅幸、「勝間源五兵衛」八代目市川団十郎　　「神主駒太夫」七代目市川高麗蔵、「あめ屋ふく吉」初代中村福助　　「植木屋家吉」十三代目市村羽左衛門、「在所娘おゑん」初代市川猿蔵

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Nôshûya Yasubei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 73.8 cm (14 3/16 x 29 1/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.44152a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Itsumadegusa Ukina no Kaeuta
Play: Harutsugegusa Enishi no Adayume
Play (main feature): Sanjûsangendô Munagi no Yurai
Theater: Ichimura
五大力恋翻（いつまでぐさうきなのかえうた）
梅艶解仇夢（はるつげぐさえにしのあだゆめ）　富本
三拾三間堂棟由来（さんじゅうさんげんどうむなぎのゆらい）
市村、中幕
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 3
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shôji
改印：改、寅三
彫師：彫庄治

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.