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Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as the Shirabyôshi Dancer Katsuragi (inset) and Bandô Takesaburô I as Ishidô Unemenosuke


「白拍子桂木」三代目岩井粂三郎、「石堂来女之助」初代坂東竹三郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Kyûbei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 25.4 cm (14 5/8 x 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38271
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Higashiyama Sakura Zôshi
Theater: Nakamura
東山桜荘子(ひがしやまさくらぞうし)
中村
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, shita-uri
No blockcutter's mark
改印:衣笠、村田、シタ売
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: 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.