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Actors in Sukeroku Yukari no Edo-zakura, from right: Ichikawa Ebijûrô IV as Kyô no Jirô, Mimasu Daigorô IV as Hige no Ikyû, Ichikawa Ebizô V as Hanakawado Sukeroku, Arashi Rikan III as the Courtesan Agemaki, and Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as a Vendor of White Sake (Shirozake-uri)

(Japanese, 1841–1899)
1857 (Ansei 4), 8th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical chûban pentaptych; 25.3 x 87.8 cm (9 15/16 x 34 9/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.35503a-e
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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.
Actor Nakayama Nanshi II as Matsukaze
Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki
1857 (Ansei 4), 3rd month