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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Ariômaru (R), Seki Sanjûrô II as Akugenda (C), and Iwai Kumesaburô II as Omatsu (L)


「有王丸 市川団十郎」(七代目)  「悪源太 関三十郎」(二代目)  「おまつ 岩井粂三郎」(二代目)
Utagawa Sadakage I (Japanese, active about 1818–1844)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1820s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.8 x 80.2 cm (14 7/8 x 31 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37245a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionBefore 1832.2, when Danjuro gave the name to his young son.

Play: Hime Komatsu Nenohi no Asobi
姫小松子日遊 ひめこまつねのひのあそび
Signed Gokotei Sadakage ga (on each sheet)
五湖亭貞景画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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: 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.