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Actors Sawamura Tosshô II as Kanai Tanigorô (R), Nakamura Shikan IV as Uji Jôetsu (C), and Ichikawa Sadanji I as Marubashi Chûya (L)


「金井谷五郎 沢村訥升」(二代目)  「宇治常悦 中村芝翫」(四代目)  「丸橋忠弥 市川左団次」(初代)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1870 (Meiji 3), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 × 70.4 cm (14 3/16 × 27 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41742a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Kusunoki Ryû Hanami no Makubari
Theater: Morita
樟紀流花見幕張(くすのきりゅうはなみのまくばり)
守田
Signed Kunichika hitsu (on each sheet)
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Horse 3 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:午三改
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.