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Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Fuwa Banzaemon (R), Sawamura Tanosuke III as Kanbayashi Katsuragi (C), and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Nagoya Sanza (L)


「不波伴左衛門 中村芝翫」(四代目)  「上林かつらき 沢村田之助」(三代目)  「名古屋山三 河原崎権十郎」(初代)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 76.9 cm (14 3/16 x 30 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44340a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Chiyo no Haru Tosa-e no Saya-ate
Theater: Ichimura
鶴春土佐画鞘当(ちよのはるとさえのさやあて)
市村
1861、文久01
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 1 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:酉正改
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.