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「下人新作 坂東三津五郎」（三代目） 「是斎娘おつゆ 中村松江」（三代目） 「此下東吉 中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 「薬屋是斎 市川市蔵」（初代） 「佐藤政清 尾上梅幸」（三代目）
Actors Bandô Mitsugorô III as Genin Shinsaku (R), Nakamura Matsue III as Zesai's Daughter (Musume) Otsuyu (CR), Nakamura Utaemon III as Konoshita Tôkichi (C), Ichikawa Ichizô I as Kusuriya Zesai (CL), and Onoe Baikô III as Satô Masakiyo (L)
「下人新作 坂東三津五郎」（三代目） 「是斎娘おつゆ 中村松江」（三代目） 「此下東吉 中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 「薬屋是斎 市川市蔵」（初代） 「佐藤政清 尾上梅幸」（三代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1815 (Bunka 12), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban pentaptych; 36.8 x 126.2 cm (14 1/2 x 49 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42142a-e
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Gion Sairei Shinkôki
Theater: Nakamura
祇園祭礼信仰記（ぎおんさいれいしんこうき）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
祇園祭礼信仰記（ぎおんさいれいしんこうき）
中村
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga (on sheets 1-4 from right), Kunisada ga (on sheet 5)
五渡亭国貞画 国貞画
五渡亭国貞画 国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.