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Actors Ichikawa Shiyû I as Shiyûbô, Nakamura Tomosa II as Gankôbô and Mimasu Tanin V as Taninbô (R); Bandô Hikosaburô V as a courtesan (C); and Bandô Hikosaburô V as the Actor (Kyôgenshi) Tsuruhachi (L), in Yanagi Sakura Haru no Nishiki-e


「市友坊」初代市川市友、「丸幸坊」二代目中村友三、「他人坊」五代目三枡他人  「白びやうし 坂東彦三郎」(五代目) 「柳桜春錦画」  「狂言師鶴八 坂東彦三郎」(五代目)
Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki (Japanese, 1841–1899)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban triptych; 25.4 x 54.3 cm (10 x 21 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36161a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 110; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 5 (2005), #016
DescriptionPlay: Yanagi Sakura Haru no Nishiki-e
Theater: Naka
柳桜春錦画

Signed Yoshitaki ga (on right and left sheets), Ichiyôsai Yoshitaki ga (on center sheet)
芳瀧画 一養斎芳瀧画
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.