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Actors Onoe Kikugorô III as the Evil Prince (Akuôji) (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Shibuya Kanaômaru Masatoshi in Shibaraku (C), and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Senoo Tarô (L)


「悪王子 尾上菊五郎」(三代目) 渋谷金王丸昌俊 「吉例ノ暫 市川団十郎」(八代目) 瀬の尾太郎 「中うけ 市川海老蔵」(五代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1833 (Tenpô 4), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 76.6 cm (14 9/16 x 30 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40623a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29233-4 (two left sheets), 11.40623a-c (complete)

Play: Koi Yoriiru Tsui no Yumitori
Theater: Ichimura
恋入対弓取(こいよりいるついのゆみとり)
市村、三立目
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
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.