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Actors Kataoka Gadô II as Satsuma Gengobei (R), Iwai Kumesaburô III as the Geisha Koman (C), Nakamura Tsuruzô I as Mawashi Yasuke, and Ôtani Tokuji II as Yanushi Tokuemon (L)


「さつま源五兵衛」二代目片岡我童 「芸者小万」三代目岩井粂三郎 「廻し弥助」初代中村 鶴蔵、「家主徳右衛門」二代目大谷徳次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 34.3 x 75 cm (13 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44203a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (second feature): On-atsurae Satsuma no Shingata
Play (main feature): Yoshitsune Senbon-zakura
Theater: Nakamura
御誂織薩摩新形(おんあつらえさつまのしんがた)
義経千本桜(よしつねせんぼんざくら)
中村、二番目二幕目
1856、安政03
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 6
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、辰六
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.