Actors Ichikawa Danzō VI as Hige no Ikyū (R), Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I as Agemaki's Sukeroku (C), and Iwai Kumesaburō III as Miuraya Agemaki (L)

「髦ノ意休　市川団蔵」（六代目）　「揚巻助六　河原崎権十郎」（初代）　「三浦屋揚巻　岩井粂三郎」（三代目）

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Etsuka (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chōjirō (Hori Chō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1862 (Bunkyū 2), 3rd month

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

Dimensions Vertical ōban triptych; 35.5 x 71.7 cm (14 x 28 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.44350a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Herwig, Heroes of the Kabuki Stage (2004), #5.2

DescriptionPlay (finale): Sukeroku Yukari no Edo-zakura
Play (main feature): Aoto Zōshi Hana no Nishiki-e
Theater: Ichimura
青砥稿花紅彩画（あおとぞうしはなのにしきえ）
助六所縁江戸桜（すけろくゆかりのえどざくら）、河東
市村、二番目大切
1862、文久０２、03・01

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

Marks Censor's seal: Dog 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Chō
改印：戌三改
彫師：彫長

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.