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Actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as the Shirabyôshi Dancer Hanako (R), Nakamura Tsuruzô I as Shúchôbô, Onoe Baikô 4.5 as Baikôbô (C), and Onoe Kikugorô IV as the Shirabyôshi Dancer Sakuragi (L)


「白拍子花子」初代中村福助  「秀著坊」初代中村鶴蔵、「梅好坊」4.5代目尾上梅幸(初代実川延若)  「白拍子桜木」四代目尾上菊五郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Daikokuya Kinnosuke (Kinjirô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Uemura Yasugorô (Hori Yasu) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.5 x 73.5 cm (14 x 28 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44310a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale of Part 1): Edoganoko Ninin Dôjô-ji
Play (main feature): Yayoi-zakura Hisago no Makubari
Theater: Nakamura

The actor later known as Jitsukawa Enjaku I used the name Onoe Baikô from 1/1859 to 2/1863 but is not considered a formal member of the lineage; he falls between the official Baikô IV and Baikô V.
東鹿助二人道成寺(えどがのこににんどうじょうじ) 長唄
☆桜瓢蕈☆(やよいざくらひさごのまくばり)
中村、一番目大詰
1860、安政07
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Yasu
改印:申三改
彫師:彫安
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.