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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Masakiyo (R), Arashi Kichisaburô III as Hisayoshi (C), Sawamura Tosshô I as Shimizu Chôemon, and Arashi Kanjûrô I as Ankoku-ji Ekei Chôrô (L)


「正清 市川団十郎」(八代目)  「久吉 嵐吉三郎」(三代目)  「清水長右衛門 沢村訥升」(初代)、「安国寺恵慶長老 嵐冠十郎」(初代)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 75.5 cm (14 9/16 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38538a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.38538a-c, 11.38539a-c
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.