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「弾正姉八しほ」五代目坂東彦三郎、「局政岡」四代目尾上菊五郎 「荒獅子男之助」初代河原崎権十郎 「仁木弾正」五代目坂東彦三郎
Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V as Danjô's Older Sister (Ane) Yashio, Onoe Kikugorô IV as Tsubone Masaoka (R), Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Arajishi Otokonosuke (C), and Bandô Hikosaburô V as Nikki Danjô (L)
「弾正姉八しほ」五代目坂東彦三郎、「局政岡」四代目尾上菊五郎 「荒獅子男之助」初代河原崎権十郎 「仁木弾正」五代目坂東彦三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Daikokuya Kinnosuke (Kinjirô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Daikokuya Kinnosuke (Kinjirô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 75 cm (14 3/16 x 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44296a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Herwig, Heroes of the Kabuki Stage (2004), #24.5 (two left sheets only)
DescriptionPlay: Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki
Theater: Ichimura
The left sheet was later recycled by the publisher, without any alterations, for a production in which the same actor played the same role, at the Nakamura Theater in 1861. See 11.21569-70 for the later version.
伊達競阿国戯場（だてくらべおくにかぶき）
市村
1857、安政０４
Theater: Ichimura
The left sheet was later recycled by the publisher, without any alterations, for a production in which the same actor played the same role, at the Nakamura Theater in 1861. See 11.21569-70 for the later version.
伊達競阿国戯場（だてくらべおくにかぶき）
市村
1857、安政０４
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 10
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳十
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳十
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.