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Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as the Spirit of the Oyama Doll (Oyama Ningyô no sei) and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Hidari Jingorô


「おやま人形の精」 三代目沢村田之助 「左り甚五郎」 初代中村福助
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ômiya Kyûjirô (Kiyûdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), intercalary 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 25.4 cm (14 5/16 x 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40252
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale of Part 2): Ikiningyô Satsuki no Hanadashi
Play (main feature): Hanagatami Gojûsan Tsugi
Theater: Morita
生木偶皐月花☆(いきにんぎょうさつきのはなだし) 常磐津、長唄
花摘篭五十三駅(はながたみごじゅうさんつぎ)、下の巻
守田、二番目大切
1860、万延01、03閏03
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey intercalary 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印:申壬三改
彫師:彫巳の
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.