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Actors Bandô Shûka I as the Ferry Operator (Watashimori) Oichi (R), Nakamura Utaemon as Teraoka Heiemon (C), and Seki Sanjûrô III as Okuyama Genshichi (L)


「渡し守お市 坂東しうか」(初代)  「寺岡平右衛門 中村歌右衛門」(四代目)  「奥山源七 関三十郎」(三代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1841 (Tenpô 12), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 x 75.8 cm (14 5/8 x 29 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43467a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Hana Ayame Iroha Renga
Theater: Ichimura
花菖いろは連歌(はなあやめいろはれんが)
市村
1841、天保12、05・10
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Inscriptions年代記には該当する役名なし。
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.