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Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Agemaki no Sukeroku (C), with unidentified actors as Miuraya Agemaki (R) and Miuraya Shiratama (L)


「三浦屋揚巻」  「揚巻の助六」八代目市川団十郎  「三うら屋白玉」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 72.6 cm (14 3/16 x 28 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44185a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionImaginary production (mitate) starring the late Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII, who had died in 1854.
見立

助六は<8>市川団十郎だが、揚巻は<4>尾上梅幸風、白玉は<1>坂東しうか(もしくは<1>坂東竹三郎風の美人画ヵ。<8>市川団十郎は嘉永7年8月没。
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 4
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、卯四
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.