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「清水清玄」四代市川小団次、「奴淀平」二代市川米十郎 「直宿之助」初代河原崎権十郎 「桜ひめ」四代尾上菊五郎
Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Kiyomizu Seigen, Ichikawa Yonejûrô II as the Footman (Yakko) Yodohei (inset) (R), Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Tonoinosuke (C), and Onoe Kikugorô IV as Sakura-hime (L)
「清水清玄」四代市川小団次、「奴淀平」二代市川米十郎 「直宿之助」初代河原崎権十郎 「桜ひめ」四代尾上菊五郎
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.6 x 76.5 cm (14 x 30 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44258a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Edo-Tokyo Museum, Edo kabuki (1995), #5-15
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29227-9, 11.44258a-c
Play: 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
Play: 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)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Horse 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印：午二
彫師：なし
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.
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.