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「繁栄戯場見物」 坂東彦三郎」（五代目）、「岩井粂三郎」（三代目） 「河原崎権十郎」（初代）、「市川市蔵」（三代目）、「市村羽左衛門」（十三代目）
Sightseeing at a Flourishing Theater (Han'ei shibai kenbutsu): Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V, Iwai Kumesaburô III (R), Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I, Ichikawa Ichizô III, and Ichimura Uzaemon XIII (L)
「繁栄戯場見物」 坂東彦三郎」（五代目）、「岩井粂三郎」（三代目） 「河原崎権十郎」（初代）、「市川市蔵」（三代目）、「市村羽左衛門」（十三代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.2 x 49.1 cm (13 7/8 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40873a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionProbably two right sheets of a triptych.
見立
見立
Signed
Konomi ni makase Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
任好豊国画(年玉枠)
任好豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 8 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉八改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉八改
彫師：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.