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「白拍子しづか」四代目尾上菊五郎 「きつね忠信」四代目市川小団次
Actors Onoe Kikugorô IV as the Shirabyôshi Dancer Shizuka (R) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Fox (Kitsune) Tadanobu (C), with an unidentified actor (L) and musicians
「白拍子しづか」四代目尾上菊五郎 「きつね忠信」四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Igaya Kan'emon (Bunkidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Igaya Kan'emon (Bunkidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.9 x 77.1 cm (14 1/8 x 30 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44218a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay (shosa): Hana Ichiza Hatsune no Tabi
Play (main feature): Yoshitsune Senbon-zakura
Theater: Ichimura
花市座初音の旅（はないちざはつねのたび） 常磐津、竹本
義経千本桜（よしつねせんぼんざくら）
市村、四の口
1856、安政０３
Play (main feature): Yoshitsune Senbon-zakura
Theater: Ichimura
花市座初音の旅（はないちざはつねのたび） 常磐津、竹本
義経千本桜（よしつねせんぼんざくら）
市村、四の口
1856、安政０３
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰八
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰八
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.
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.