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Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Kago no Jinbei (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Nan Yohei (C), and Onoe Baikô IV as Jinbei's Younger Sister (Imôto) Ohaya (L)


「かごの甚兵衛」四代目市川小団次 「南与兵衛」八代目市川団十郎 「甚兵衛妹おはや」四代目尾上梅幸
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 34.7 x 74.2 cm (13 11/16 x 29 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44099a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Dekiaki Yawata Matsuri
Theater: Nakamura
当秋八幡祭(できあきやわたまつり)
中村
1853、嘉永06、09・24
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Ox 9
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印:浜、馬込、丑九
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.