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Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as the Courtesan (Keisei) Kaoru (L), Bandô Mitsugorô VI as the Shinzô Mitsuhama (C), and Sawamura Tanosuke III as the Courtesan (Keisei) Kikunoi (L)


「けいせひかほる」四代目中村芝翫 「新造三ツはま」六代目坂東三津五郎 「けいせひ菊の井」三代目沢村田之助
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.6 x 73.7 cm (14 x 29 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29253-5
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.29253 (right), 11.29254 (left), 11.29255 (center)

Play: Katakiuchi Amanohashidate
Theater: Morita
復讐天橋立(かたきうちあまのはしだて)
守田
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 8 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:申八改
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: August 3, 1911)

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.