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Collection of New Hit Plays (Ôatari shin kyôgen tsukushi): Actors Kitsusaburô (Arashi Kitsusaburô I) as Sanai, Kikugorô (Onoe Kikugorô III) as Denshichi, Matsue (Nakamura Matsue III) as Oyasu, Koroku (Arashi Koroku IV) as Okume, Utaemon (Nakamura Utaemon III) as Takuhei, Mitsugorô (Bandô Mitsugorô III) as Jutarô, Ebijûrô (Ichikawa Ebijûrô I) as Benkei, Hanshirô (Iwai Hanshirô V) as Gonpachi, and Kôshirô (Matsumoto Kôshirô V) as Chôbei


「大当たり新狂言つくし」 「左内 橘三郎」(初代嵐橘三郎)、「伝七 菊五郎」(三代尾上菊五郎)、「おやす 松江」(三代目中村松江)、「おくめ 小六」(四代目嵐小六)、「たく兵へ 歌右衛門」(三代目中村歌右衛門)、「重太郎 三津五良」(三代目坂東三津五郎)、「べん慶 鰕十郎」(初代市川鰕十郎)、「権八 半四郎」(五代目岩井半四郎)、「長兵へ 幸四郎」(五代目松本幸四郎)
Ganjôsai Kunihiro (Japanese, active about 1815–1843)
Publisher: Tenmaya Kihei (Tenki) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1821 (Bunsei 4), about 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.5 x 26.4 cm (15 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36021
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 91
Signed Kunihiro ga
国広画
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.