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Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as the Dance Teacher (Odori no shishô) Okino (inset), and musician Kishizawa Koshikibu IV (R); Nakamura Fukusuke I as Hanamigaeri no Tomoyakko (C); Arashi Hinasuke VII as Kobunenori Koroku, and musician Mochizuki Bokusei (L)


「踊の師匠おきの」三代目沢村田之助、四代目岸沢古式部 「花見帰の供奴」初代中村福助 「小船乗小六」七代目嵐雛助、太左衛門改望月朴清
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.5 x 73.8 cm (14 x 29 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44327a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21924 (left sheet only), 11.44327a-c (complete triptych)

Play (shosa, finale of Part 2): Shiki Bundai Nagori no Hana
Play (main feature): Chûshin Akatsuki no Tori
Theater: Morita
四季文台名残花(しきぶんだいなごりのはな) 常磐津
忠臣曙金鶏(ちゅうしんあかつきのとり)
守田、二番目大切
1860、万延01
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 5 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take (on right and left sheets)
改印:申五改
彫師:彫竹
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.