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Actors Seki Sanjûrô III as White Sake Vendor (Shirozake-uri) Shinbei, Nakamura Kamenojô I as Shinzô Shiratama (R), Onoe Kikugorô IV as Sukeroku's Wife (Nyôbô) Omaki (C), and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Kurotegumi no Sukeroku (L)


「白酒うり新兵衛」三代目関三十郎、「新造白玉」初代中村歌女之丞  「助六女房おまき」四代目尾上菊五郎  「黒手組ノ助六」四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Enshûya Hikobei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.6 x 74.9 cm (14 13/16 x 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44252a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Edo-zakura Kiyomizu Seigen
Theater: Ichimura
江戸桜清水清玄(えどざくらきよみずせいげん)
市村
1858、安政05
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Horse 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印:午二
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.