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Actors Onoe Eizaburô III as Okaji (R), Ichikawa Ebizô V as Danshichi Kurobei (C), and Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Issun Tokubei (L)


「おかぢ 尾上栄三郎」(三代目)  「団七九郎兵衛 市川海老蔵」(五代目)  「一寸徳兵衛 坂東三津五郎」(四代目)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1839 (Tenpô 10), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.9 x 77.6 cm (14 1/2 x 30 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38465a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami
Theater: Nakamura
夏祭浪花鑑
中村
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
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.