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Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Takashima Yoneyama, Actually (Jitsu wa) Kôzô, Onoe Kikugorô IV as the Courtesan (Keisei) Matsuyama, and an unidentified child actor as the Kamuro Midori

Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Takashima Yoneyama, Actually (Jitsu wa) Kôzô, Onoe Kikugorô IV as the Courtesan (Keisei) Matsuyama, and an unidentified child actor as the Kamuro Midori

(Japanese,
died in 1858)
(Japanese)
1857 (Ansei 4), 3rd month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 36.9 x 25.5 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.36824
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.
Kanda Festival Procession (Kanda Daimyôjin gosairei zu), No. 4
Kanda Festival Procession (Kanda Daimyôjin gosairei zu), No. 4
Utagawa Kunisato
1857 (Ansei 4), 8th month
Sannô Festival Procession (Sannô-sama gosairei zu), No. 1
Sannô Festival Procession (Sannô-sama gosairei zu), No. 1
Utagawa Kunisato
1858 (Ansei 5), 4th month
Sannô Festival Procession (Sannô-sama gosairei zu), No. 6
Sannô Festival Procession (Sannô-sama gosairei zu), No. 6
Utagawa Kunisato
1858 (Ansei 5), 4th month
Sannô Festival Procession (Sannô-sama gosairei zu), No. 2
Sannô Festival Procession (Sannô-sama gosairei zu), No. 2
Utagawa Kunisato
1858 (Ansei 5), 4th month
Sannô Festival Procession (Sannô-sama gosairei zu), No. 4
Sannô Festival Procession (Sannô-sama gosairei zu), No. 4
Utagawa Kunisato
1858 (Ansei 5), 4th month
Popular Dolls (Ryûkô ningyô)
Popular Dolls (Ryûkô ningyô)
Utagawa Kunisato
1856 (Ansei 3), 2nd month
Children Playing with Puppets (Kodomo ningyô asobi no zu)
Children Playing with Puppets (Kodomo ningyô asobi no zu)
Utagawa Kunisato
1858 (Ansei 5), 3rd month
In the Year of the Horse, at the Hour of the Horse on the 8th Day of the 5th Month, People Born in Earth and Water Signs Enter a Lucky Cycle (Uma gogatsu yôka uma no koku dosuisei uke ni iru): Actor Onoe Kikugorô IV (?) in Five Roles That Start with Fu, in a Boat (Fune), Passing Mount Fuji
In the Year of the Horse, at the Hour of the Horse on the 8th Day of the 5th Month, People Born in Earth and Water Signs Enter a Lucky Cycle (Uma gogatsu yôka uma no koku dosuisei uke ni iru): Actor Onoe Kikugorô IV (?) in Five Roles That Start with Fu, in a Boat (Fune), Passing Mount Fuji
Utagawa Kunisato
1858 (Ansei 5), 3rd month
On the 8th Day of the 5th Month, People Born in Earth Signs Enter a Lucky Cycle (Gogatsu yôka, uke ni iru, dosei no hito): Fukusuke with Daikoku and Fukurokuju
On the 8th Day of the 5th Month, People Born in Earth Signs Enter a Lucky Cycle (Gogatsu yôka, uke ni iru, dosei no hito): Fukusuke with Daikoku and Fukurokuju
Utagawa Kunisato
1858 (Ansei 5), 3rd month
Famous Places in the Eastern Capital: Bustling Business at Ryôgoku for the River Opening (Tôto meisho Ryôgoku han'ei kawabiraki no zu)
Famous Places in the Eastern Capital: Bustling Business at Ryôgoku for the River Opening (Tôto meisho Ryôgoku han'ei kawabiraki no zu)
Utagawa Kunisato
1853 (Kaei 6), 3rd month
A Faithful Depiction of the Grounds of Mount Narita in Shimôsa Province, with Large Numbers of Visitors from the Various Prayer Groups for the Ceremony Dedicating the Buddha in the Rebuilt Main Hall, the Twelfth Day of the Coming Eighth Month (Shimôsa no kuni Narita-san hondô zôei, kuru hachigatsu jûninichi nyûbutsu kuyô, shokôchû sankei gunshû keidai ikiutsushi no zu)
A Faithful Depiction of the Grounds of Mount Narita in Shimôsa Province, with Large Numbers of Visitors from the Various Prayer Groups for the Ceremony Dedicating the Buddha in the Rebuilt Main Hall, the Twelfth Day of the Coming Eighth Month (Shimôsa no kuni Narita-san hondô zôei, kuru hachigatsu jûninichi nyûbutsu kuyô, shokôchû sankei gunshû keidai ikiutsushi no zu)
Utagawa Kunisato
1858 (Ansei 5), 7th month
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Confrontation in the Lodgings at the Foot of Mount Fuji (Fuji no susono kariya taimen): Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Kewaizaka no Shôshô (R), Kataoka Gadô II as Kudô Suketsune (C), and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Gorô Tokimune (L)
Utagawa Kunisato
1855 (Ansei 2), 12th month