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Actors Matsumoto Kinshô I as Tsubone Iwafuji (R), Onoe Baikô IV as Chûrô Onoe (C), and Sawamura Sôjûrô V as Meshitsukai Hatsu (L)


「つぼね岩藤」初代松本錦升  「中老尾上」四代尾上梅幸  「召仕はつ」五代沢村宗十郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Wakau (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.4 x 75 cm (14 5/16 x 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38542a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Kamakurayama Sakura no Gosho-zome
Theater: Kawarazaki
鎌倉山桜御所染(かまくらやまさくらのごしょぞめ)
河原崎
1848、嘉永01、03・04
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、村田
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.