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Actors Onoe Baikô 4.5 as Wada Shizuma (R), Ichikawa Ebizô V as Yamada Kôbei (C), and Onoe Kikugorô IV as Wife Otani, Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Karaki Masaemon (L)


「和田志津广」4.5代目尾上梅幸(初代実川延若) 「山田幸兵衛」五代目市川海老蔵 「女房お谷」四代目尾上菊五郎、「唐木政右衛門」八代目片岡仁左衛門
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.9 x 76.9 cm (14 1/8 x 30 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44245a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Hatsu Dôchû Sugoroku Soga
Theater: Nakamura

The actor later known as Jitsukawa Enjaku I used the name Onoe Baikô from 1/1859 to 2/1863 but is not considered a formal member of the lineage; he falls between the official Baikô IV and Baikô V.
魁道中双禄曽我(はつどうちゅうすごろくそが)
中村
1859、安政06
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Kane (on left and right sheets), Koizumi Hori Kane (on center sheet)
改印:未正改
彫師:彫兼、小泉彫兼
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.