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Actors Onoe Kikugorô III as Sashichi (R) and Nakamura Matsue III as Koito (L) in a Big Hit at the Kado Theater in Osaka

(Japanese, active about 1818–1844)
1825-1826
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban diptych; 37.8 x 51.9 cm (14 7/8 x 20 7/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.37248a-b
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.
Kanaya: Actor Onoe Kikugorô III as the Ghost of the Shinzô Matsuyama, from the series Fifty-three Scenes with Large Props (Ôdôgu gojûsan dan) (parody of Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô)
Kanaya: Actor Onoe Kikugorô III as the Ghost of the Shinzô Matsuyama, from the series Fifty-three Scenes with Large Props (Ôdôgu gojûsan dan) (parody of Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô)
Utagawa Sadakage I
1827 (Bunsei 10), 6th month
Kanaya: Actor Onoe Kikugorô III as Nippondaemon, from the series Fifty-three Scenes with Large Props (Ôdôgu gojûsan dan) (parody of Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô)
Kanaya: Actor Onoe Kikugorô III as Nippondaemon, from the series Fifty-three Scenes with Large Props (Ôdôgu gojûsan dan) (parody of Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô)
Utagawa Sadakage I
1827 (Bunsei 10), 6th month
Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as the Shirabyôshi Dancer Sakuragi
Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as the Shirabyôshi Dancer Sakuragi
Utagawa Sadakage I
1839 (Tenpô 10), 3rd month
Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Ôboshi Yuranosuke
Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Ôboshi Yuranosuke
Utagawa Sadakage I
1830s
Picture of Five Children or Ten Children (Goshi jûdô no zu)
Picture of Five Children or Ten Children (Goshi jûdô no zu)
Utagawa Sadakage I
1830s
Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Shinbei, a Vendor of White Sake (Shirozake-uri Shinbei)
Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Shinbei, a Vendor of White Sake (Shirozake-uri Shinbei)
Utagawa Sadakage I
1832 (Tenpô 3), 3rd month
Evening Snow (Yûgure no yuki), from the series Three Friends (San tomo no uchi)
Evening Snow (Yûgure no yuki), from the series Three Friends (San tomo no uchi)
Utagawa Sadakage I
Tsukasa of the Ôgiya, from the series The Pride of Edo in Full Flower (Edo jiman zensei soroe)
Tsukasa of the Ôgiya, from the series The Pride of Edo in Full Flower (Edo jiman zensei soroe)
Utagawa Sadakage I
1830s
Picture of Five Children or Ten Children (Goshi jûdô no zu)
Picture of Five Children or Ten Children (Goshi jûdô no zu)
Utagawa Sadakage I
1830s
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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Ariômaru (R), Seki Sanjûrô II as Akugenda (C), and Iwai Kumesaburô II as Omatsu (L)
Utagawa Sadakage I
1820s
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View of Cherry Blossoms in the Morning (Asazakura no kei): Actors at Mimeguri Shrine: Seki Sanjûrô II? (R), Iwai Hanshirô V (C), Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (L)
Utagawa Sadakage I
1820s
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Actors Iwai Hanshirô V as Nakai Omatsu (R) and Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Fujikawa Mizuemon (L)
Utagawa Sadakage I
1826 (Bunsei 9), 5th month