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右から 「花川戸のすけ六」四代目市川小団次 「三浦やの遊女あけ巻」四代目尾上菊五郎 「みうら屋のけいせいしら玉」初代中村歌女之丞
Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Hanakawado no Sukeroku (R); Onoe Kikugorô IV as Agemaki, Courtesan (Keisei) of the Miuraya (C); and Nakamura Kamenojô I as Shiratama, Courtesan of the Miuraya (L)
右から 「花川戸のすけ六」四代目市川小団次 「三浦やの遊女あけ巻」四代目尾上菊五郎 「みうら屋のけいせいしら玉」初代中村歌女之丞
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.6 x 75.7 cm (14 x 29 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44271-3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTriptych: 11.44271 (right), 11.44272 (center), 11.44273 (left)
Play: Edo-zakura Kiyomizu Seigen
Theater: Ichimura
江戸桜清水清玄（えどざくらきよみずせいげん）
市村
1858、安政０５
Play: Edo-zakura Kiyomizu Seigen
Theater: Ichimura
江戸桜清水清玄（えどざくらきよみずせいげん）
市村
1858、安政０５
Signed
Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: Horse 3
No blockcutter's mark
改印：午三
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：午三
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.
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.