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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Yari no Gonza (R), Onoe Kikugorô III as Shirai Gonpachi (C), and Iwai Kumesaburô II as Yaeume (L)


「やりの権三 市川団十郎」(七代目) 「白井権八 尾上菊五郎」(三代目) 「八重梅 岩井粂三郎」(二代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1825 (Bunsei 8), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.7 x 76.3 cm (14 13/16 x 30 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43417a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Okuni Iri Soga Nakamura
Theater: Nakamura
御国入曽我中村(おくにいりそがなかむら)
中村
1825、文政08、01・20
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
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.