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Actors Ichikawa Kuzô II as Daikokumai Norizome no Sanzô, with inset of Okina (R), Nakamura Utaemon IV as Daikokumai Minamezame no Otokichi, eith inset of Sanba[sô] (C), and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Daikokumai Robyôshi no Otomatsu, with inset of Senzai (L)


「大黒 まいのりぞめの三蔵 市川九蔵」(二代目)、「おきな引ぬき」  「だいこく まいみなめざめの音吉 中村歌右衛門」(四代目)、「引ぬき三番(叟)」  「大黒 まいろびやうしの音松 市村羽左衛門」(十二代目)、「せんさい引ぬき」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1841 (Tenpô 12), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 74.8 cm (14 9/16 x 29 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38541a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 101-6685 (R), 101-6686 (C), 101-6687 (L); Suzuki et al., Utagawa Kuniyoshi ten (1996), p. 265, fig. 3
DescriptionPlay (Shosa): Mau Teori Soeiro no Tanemaki
Play: Fude Hajime Soga no Fukubiki
Theater: Ichimura
舞奏いろの種蒔(まうておりそえいろのたねまき)、常磐津
筆始曽我福贔屓(ふではじめそがのふくびき)
市村
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.