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Actors Arashi Rikan III as Otokodate Katsushika Jûemon (R), Bandô Shûka I as Hanakodayû, actually Matsuwaka (C), and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Otokodate Shinobu Sôta (L)


「男達葛十右衛門」三代目嵐璃寛 「花子太夫実ハ松若」初代坂東しうか 「男達しのふ惣太」四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi (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 x 75.2 cm (13 3/4 x 29 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44156a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Miyakodori Nagare no Shiranami
Theater: Kawarazaki
都鳥廓白浪(みやこどりながれのしらなみ)
河原崎
1854、嘉永07、03・01
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.