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Actors Matsumoto Kôshirô V as Goromata (R), Segawa Kikunojô V as Hatsuyuki (C), and Bandô Mitsugorô III as Jiromata (L)


「五郎又 松本幸四郎」(五代目) 「初雪 瀬川菊之丞」(五代目) 「次郎又 坂東三津五郎」(三代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ômiya Heihachi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1825 (Bunsei 8), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.7 x 78.2 cm (14 13/16 x 30 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43420a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Azuma Dairi Kabuki no Shôgatsu
Theater: Ichimura
東内裡劇場正月(あずまだいりかぶきのしょうがつ)
市村
1825、文政08、11・01
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.