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Backstage Celebrations of a Full-house Hit at the Nakamura Theater (Nakamura-za ôiri gakuya atari furumai no zu): Actors Ogino Izaburô II, Onoe Kokozô, Onoe Eizaburô II, Iwai Matsunosuke I, Bandô Tsurujûrô I, Seki Sanpei, Onoe Onozô, Ichikawa Tobizô, Ichikawa Tsurusaburô, Arashi Tomisaburô I, and Kirishima Giemon I


「中村座大入楽屋当り振舞之図」 「荻野伊三郎」(二代目)、「尾上爰蔵」、「尾上栄三郎」(二代目)、「岩井松之助」(初代)、「坂東鶴十郎」(初代)、「関三平」、「尾上小の蔵」、「市川鳶蔵」、「市川鶴三郎」、「嵐富三郎」、「桐島儀右衛門」(初代)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1811 (Bunka 8), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 × 24.3 cm (14 5/16 × 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22791
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Rijksmuseum, The Ear Catches the Eye (2001), #97
DescriptionRIght sheet of incomplete triptych.

MFA impressions: 11.22791 (right sheet only), 2009.5008.9a-c (complete)
Signed Kunisada ga
国貞画
Marks Censor's seals: kiwame, Tsuruya Kinsuke (on left sheet)
改印:極、鶴金
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.