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「見入由丸 中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 「宝歳太郎 嵐璃寛」（二代目） 「いわ井升姫 中村松江」（三代目）
Actors Nakamura Utaemon III as Miiri Yoshimaru (R), Arashi Rikan II as Hôzô Tarô (C), and Nakamura Matsue III as Iwaimasu-hime (L)
「見入由丸 中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 「宝歳太郎 嵐璃寛」（二代目） 「いわ井升姫 中村松江」（三代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1832 (Tenpô 3), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.2 × 73.9 cm (14 1/4 × 29 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36034a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 99; Kitagawa, ed., Kamigata yakusha-e gacho (2006), #27; Schwaab, Osaka Prints (1989), #134
DescriptionImaginary performance (mitate).
According to Schwaab, this triptych "is actually a New Year's composition that does not reflect an actual performance. The role names all represent auspicious things..." (p. 144).
見立
According to Schwaab, this triptych "is actually a New Year's composition that does not reflect an actual performance. The role names all represent auspicious things..." (p. 144).
見立
Signed
Ôju Kunihiro ga (on each sheet)
応需国広画
応需国広画
Marks
Blockcutter's mark
Printer's mark
Printer's mark
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.
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.