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Actors Onoe Baikô III as Toranosuke (R), Onoe Matsusuke III as Sanbôshimaru, Nakamura Utaemon III as Hisayoshi (C), and Bandô Mitsugorô III as Shinsaku (L)


「虎之助 尾上梅幸」 (三代目)  「三ぼうし丸 尾上松助」、「久吉 中村歌右衛門」(三代目)  「新作 坂東三津五郎」(三代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1815 (Bunka 12), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.8 x 75.4 cm (14 7/8 x 29 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43017a-c
NOT ON VIEW
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
Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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.