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Actors Ôtani Tomoemon V as Torii Shinzaemon (R), Bandô Hikosaburô V as Kurotegumi Sukeroku (C), and Iwai Shijaku II as Miuraya Agemaki (L)


「鳥井進左衛門」五代目大谷友右衛門   「黒手組助六」五代目坂東彦三郎  「三浦屋揚巻」二代目岩井紫若
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Iseya Rihei (Kinjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.3 × 74.1 cm (14 5/16 × 29 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41856a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 100-2717 (R), 100-2718 (C), 100-2719 (L)
DescriptionPlay: Atari Kuji Mansei Soga
Theater: Morita
当九字万成曽我(あたりくじまんせいそが)
守田
Signed Kunichika hitsu (on each sheet)
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Hare 1 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:卯正改
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.