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Celebration at the Nakamura Theater (Nakamura-za kotobuki hirô no zu): Actors Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I, Moritaya Kan’ya XII, Ichimura Uzaemon XIII, Ichikawa Shinsha I, Tokiwazu Komojidayû (musician), Sawamura Tosshô II, Nakamura Shikan IV (R); Nakamura Kanzaburô III, Ichikawa Kodanji IV, Iwai Shijaku II, Sawamura Tanosuke III, Ichikawa Sadanji I, Onoe Eizaburô 4.5, Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I (C); Ichikawa Danzô VI, Bandô Hikosaburô V, Nakamura Nakazô III, Matsumoto Kinshô II, Ichikawa Komezô III, Ichikawa Yaozô VI, Nakayama Genjûrô II, and Ichikawa Shinnosuke IV (L)


右 「中村座寿披露之図」「河原崎権十郎」(初代)、「守田かん弥」(十二代目)、「市村羽左衛門」(十三代目)、「内縁 市川新車」(初代)、「内縁 常磐津小文字太夫」、「内縁 沢村訥升」(二代目)、「内縁 中村芝翫」(四代目) 中 「座元 中村勘三郎」(三代目),「座頭 市川小団次」(四代目)、「岩井紫若」(二代目)、「内縁 沢村田之助」(三代目)、「市川左団次」(初代)、「尾上栄三郎」(4.5代目)、「河原崎国太郎」(初代) 左 「内縁 市川団蔵」(六代目)、「坂東彦三郎」(五代目)、「内縁 亀蔵改 中村仲蔵」(三代目)、「松本錦升」(二代目)、「市川米十郎」(三代目)、「内縁 市川八百臓」(六代目)、「中山現十郎」(二代目)、「市川新之助」」(四代目)
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Murayamaya Genbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.7 × 72.5 cm (14 1/16 × 28 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38743a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 201-0663 (R), 201-0664 (C), 201-0665 (L)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.38743a-c (complete), 11.38962 (right sheet only)
Signed Ôju Kunisada ga (on right sheet), Kunisada ga (on center and left sheets)
応需国貞画 国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: Ox 9 aratame
Blockcutter's marks: Katada Hori Chô (on right and left sheets), Hori Chô (on center sheet)
改印:丑九改
彫師:片田彫長 彫長
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.