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「源義経」八代目市川団十郎 「静御前」初代坂東しうか 「狐忠信」四代目市川小団次
Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Minamoto no Yoshitsune (R), Bandô Shûka I as Shizuka Gozen (C), and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Fox (Kitsune) Tadanobu (L)
「源義経」八代目市川団十郎 「静御前」初代坂東しうか 「狐忠信」四代目市川小団次
Japanese
Edo period
1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.6 x 73.7 cm (14 7/16 x 29 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38494a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Folan et al, Stars of the Tokyo Stage (2012), p. 77
DescriptionPlay (second feature): Yoshitsune Senbon-zakura
Play (main feature): Mukashi-gatari Inazuma-zôshi
Theater: Ichimura
義経千本桜（よしつねせんぼんざくら）
昔語稲妻帖（むかしがたりいなずまぞうし）
市村、二番目
Play (main feature): Mukashi-gatari Inazuma-zôshi
Theater: Ichimura
義経千本桜（よしつねせんぼんざくら）
昔語稲妻帖（むかしがたりいなずまぞうし）
市村、二番目
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
彫師：なし
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.