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楽屋穴さがしひゐきあらそい 「坂東彦三郎」（五代目）、「河原崎権十郎」（初代）、「中村福助」 （二代目） 「市村竹松」（三代目）、「市川小団次」（四代目）、「市川市蔵」（三代目）、「市川八百蔵」（六代目）、「市村羽左衛門」（十三代目） 、 「市川九蔵」（三代目）
Digging Up Backstage Dirt--Fights over Popularity (Gakuya anasagashi hiiki arasoi): Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V, Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I, Nakamura Fukusuke II (R), Ichimura Takematsu III, Ichikawa Kodanji IV, Ichikawa Ichizô III, Ichikawa Yaozô VI, Ichimura Uzaemon XIII, Ichikawa Kuzô III (L)
楽屋穴さがしひゐきあらそい 「坂東彦三郎」（五代目）、「河原崎権十郎」（初代）、「中村福助」 （二代目） 「市村竹松」（三代目）、「市川小団次」（四代目）、「市川市蔵」（三代目）、「市川八百蔵」（六代目）、「市村羽左衛門」（十三代目） 、 「市川九蔵」（三代目）
Attributed to: Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Attributed to: Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Daikokuya Kichinosuke (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Attributed to: Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Daikokuya Kichinosuke (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.4 x 48.6 cm (13 15/16 x 19 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40798a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 120-0249 (R, not in MFA), 120-0250 (C),120-0251 (L)
DescriptionLeft two sheets of incomplete triptych; title on the missing right sheet.
見立
見立
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 6 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ko-Kane (on left sheet)
改印：亥六改
彫師：彫子兼
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ko-Kane (on left sheet)
改印：亥六改
彫師：彫子兼
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.