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Ejiri, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi): Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Goshaku Somegorô (R), Onoe Kikugorô III as Sayoginu Oshichi, Soryô Jinroku II as Benchô (C), and Onoe Kikugorô III as Shirai Gonpachi (L)


「五尺染五郎 市村羽左衛門」(十二代目) 「小夜衣お七 尾上菊五郎」(三代目)、「弁長 惣領甚六」(二代目) 「東海道五十三次ノ内 江尻」「白井権八 二役尾上菊五郎」(三代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Azumaya Daisuke (Kinshûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1835 (Tenpô 6), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38 x 71.4 cm (14 15/16 x 28 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43383a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29151 (left sheet only), 11.43383a-c (complete)

Play: Ume no Haru Gojûsan Tsugi
Theater: Ichimura
梅初春五十三駅(うめのはるごじゅうさんつぎ)
市村
1835、天保06、02・16
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.