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Actors Ichikawa Komazô VII as Sangorô's Younger Brother (Otôto) Sankichi, Onoe Baikô IV as Sangorô's Wife (Nyôbô) Ohana (R), and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Koganemochiya Sangorô (L)


「三五郎弟三吉」七代目市川高麗蔵、「三五郎女房お花」四代目尾上梅幸  「小金餅や三五郎」八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Uemura Yasugorô (Hori Yasu) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.3 x 48 cm (13 7/8 x 18 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43697a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa, Act 9 of Part 1): Iro Kurabe Kigoto no Nishiki-e
Play (main feature): Dekiaki Yawata Matsuri
Theater: Nakamura
色競木毎の錦画(いろくらべきごとのにしきえ) 常磐津
当秋八幡祭(できあきやわたまつり)
中村、一番目九幕目
1853、嘉永06
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Ox 10
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ue Yasu
改印:福、村松、丑十
彫師:彫上安
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.