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「三芝居役者芸競」「我童」八代目片岡仁左衛門、「吉六」初代嵐吉六、「田の助」三代目沢村田之助、「家橘」四代目市川家橘、「小団次」四代目市川小団次 、「鴈八」初代中村鴈八、「団の助」五代目市川団之助 「現十郎」二代目中山現十郎、「八百蔵」六代目市川八百蔵、「福助」二代目中村福助、「芝翫」四代目中村芝翫、「鶴助」四代目中村鶴助、「しうか」六代目坂東三津五郎、「薪水」五代目坂東彦三郎 「雛助」七代目嵐雛助、「訥升」二代目沢村訥升、「鶴蔵」初代中村鶴蔵、「菊次郎」二代目尾上菊次郎、「権十郎」初代河原崎権十郎、「市蔵」三代目市川市蔵、「粂三郎」三代目岩井粂三郎、「新車」初代市川新車、「吾妻屋紫水」
Competitions among Actors of the Three Theaters (San shibai yakusha gei kurabe): Kataoka Gadô II (=Kataoka Nizaemon VIII), Arashi Kichiroku I, Sawamura Tanosuke III, Ichimura Kakitsu IV, Ichikawa Kodanji IV, Nakamura Ganpachi I, Ichikawa Dannosuke V (R); Nakayama Genjûrô II, Ichikawa Yaozô VI, Nakamura Fukusuke II, Nakamura Shikan IV, Nakamura Tsurusuke IV, Bandô Shûka (=Bandô Mitsugorô VI), Shinsui (Bandô Hikosaburô V) (C); Arashi Hinasuke VII, Sawamura Tosshô II, Nakamura Tsuruzô I, Onoe Kikujirô II, Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I, Ichikawa Ichizô III, Iwai Kumesaburô III, Ichikawa Shinsha I, and Azumaya Shisui (L)
「三芝居役者芸競」「我童」八代目片岡仁左衛門、「吉六」初代嵐吉六、「田の助」三代目沢村田之助、「家橘」四代目市川家橘、「小団次」四代目市川小団次 、「鴈八」初代中村鴈八、「団の助」五代目市川団之助 「現十郎」二代目中山現十郎、「八百蔵」六代目市川八百蔵、「福助」二代目中村福助、「芝翫」四代目中村芝翫、「鶴助」四代目中村鶴助、「しうか」六代目坂東三津五郎、「薪水」五代目坂東彦三郎 「雛助」七代目嵐雛助、「訥升」二代目沢村訥升、「鶴蔵」初代中村鶴蔵、「菊次郎」二代目尾上菊次郎、「権十郎」初代河原崎権十郎、「市蔵」三代目市川市蔵、「粂三郎」三代目岩井粂三郎、「新車」初代市川新車、「吾妻屋紫水」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1856–57 (Ansei 3–4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.8 x 72.8 cm (14 1/8 x 28 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39407a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kurahashi, Edo kabuki no jôhô bunkashi (2021), p. 417, fig. 3; Waseda db 012-1250 (R), 012-1251 (C), 012-1252 (L)
DescriptionKataoka Gadô II used the name from 1839.1 to 1857.1.
Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I used the name from 1852.9 to 1869.2.
Nakamura Ganpachi I used the name from 1856 to 1867.2.
Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I used the name from 1852.9 to 1869.2.
Nakamura Ganpachi I used the name from 1856 to 1867.2.
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
版元：なし
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
版元：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.