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「市村座舞台開狂言仕初之図」 「名見崎豊茂治」、「名見崎徳治」、千歳「市川九蔵」（二代目）、「富本豊前太夫」
First Play of the Stage-opening Performance at the Ichimura Theater (Ichimura-za butai hiraki kyôgen shisome no zu): Actor Ichikawa Kuzô II as Senzai, with Musicians Namizaki Toyomoji, Namizaki Tokuji, and Tomimoto Buzendayû
「市村座舞台開狂言仕初之図」 「名見崎豊茂治」、「名見崎徳治」、千歳「市川九蔵」（二代目）、「富本豊前太夫」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1842 (Tenpô 13), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37 × 24.9 cm (14 9/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22244
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: 11.22244 (right sheet), 11.22245 (left sheet), 11.43385a-c (complete triptych)
MFA impressions: 11.22244 (right sheet), 11.22245 (left sheet), 11.43385a-c (complete triptych)
Signed
Ôju Kunisada ga
応需国貞画
応需国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.
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.