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Actors Sawamura Chôjûrô V as Tsubone Iwafuji (R), Onoe Kikujirô II as Chûrô Onoe (C), and Bandô Shûka I as Jijo Ohatsu (L)


「局岩藤」五代目沢村長十郎 「中老尾上」二代目尾上菊次郎 「召女お初」初代坂東しうか
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kamaya Kihei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), intercalary 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.4 x 76.1 cm (14 3/4 x 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43973a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Sumidagawa Tsui no Kaga-mon
Theater: Ichimura
隅田川対高賀紋(すみだがわついのかがもん)
市村
1852、嘉永05、03・03
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat intercalary
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松、子閏
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.