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Plum Blossoms: Actors Onoe Matsusuke II (formerly Onoe Eizaburô I) and Sawamura Tanosuke III, from the series Actors as Flowers of the Three Cities (Yakusha Mitsu no hana)


「役者 三津の花」 梅 二代目尾上松助、三代目沢村田之助
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Katai (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1810 (Bunka 7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39.4 x 26.2 cm (15 1/2 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22463
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionThree prints from the same series: 11.22368, 11.22369, 11.22463

The actor Onoe Eizaburô I took the name Onoe Matsusuke II in 1809.11; in 1814.11 he became Onoe Baikô II.
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

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.