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Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V as Tsurubei (R), Sawamura Tosshô II as Kinohei (C), and Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Kitsuhei (L), in the Scene of the Three Drunks (Sannin namayoi no ba) from Act II of The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura Sandanme)


「所作事 忠臣蔵二段目 三人生酔の場」「鶴平 坂東彦三郎」(五代目)  「紀の平 沢村訥升」(二代目)  「橘平 市村家橘」(四代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.6 × 74.3 cm (14 × 29 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41735a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 100-0073 (R), 100-0074 (C), 100-0075 (L)
DescriptionPlay: Chûshingura Sugata no Eawase
Theater: Ichimura
忠臣蔵形容画合(ちゅうしんぐらすがたのえあわせ)
市村
Signed Kunichika ga (on each sheet)
国周画
Marks Censor's seal: Ox 5 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:丑五改
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.