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「初舞台当顔見勢」「大序 師直 中村芝翫」（四代目）、「三段目 判官 市川左団次」（初代）、「二段目 本蔵 市川団十郎」（九代目）
Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Moronao in the Introduction (Daijo), Ichikawa Sadanji I as Hangan in the Third Act (Sandanme), and Ichikawa Danjurô IX as Honzô in the Second Act (Nidanme), in the Hit Opening Performance (Hatsubutai atari kaomise)
「初舞台当顔見勢」「大序 師直 中村芝翫」（四代目）、「三段目 判官 市川左団次」（初代）、「二段目 本蔵 市川団十郎」（九代目）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Japanese
Meiji era
about 1872 (Meiji 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.1 × 24 cm (13 13/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41597
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 007-1274 (no date); a triptych possibly from the same series: Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 3 (1935), pp. 142-3.
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.
Signed
Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
国周筆
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.