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Actors Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Shume Kokingo (R), Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Igami no Gonta (C), and Onoe Kikugorô IV as His Wife (Nyôbô) Kosen (L)


「主馬小金吾」初代河原崎権十郎 「邪の権太」四代目市川小団次 「女房小せん」四代目尾上菊五郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 34.3 x 76.6 cm (13 1/2 x 30 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44205a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29262-4, 11.44205a-c

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon-zakura
Theater: Ichimura
義経千本桜(よしつねせんぼんざくら)
市村
1856、安政03
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、辰七
彫師:なし
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.