Actors Onoe Kikugorô IV as Nanaura (or Shichiura) Tayû (R), Nakamura Fukusuke I as Hayakawa Takakage (C), and Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Fukumasuya Daisuke (L)

「七浦太夫」四代目尾上菊五郎　「早川高景」初代中村福助　「福枡屋大助」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

1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 72.7 cm (14 3/16 x 28 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.44304a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Yayoi-zakura Hisago no Makubari
Theater: Nakamura
☆桜瓢蕈☆（やよいざくらひさごのまくばり）
中村
1860、安政０７

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 2 aratame
Blockcutter's marks: Hori Kane (right and center sheets), Koizumi Hori Kane (left sheet)
改印：申二改
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.