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Actors Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Daidôji Shinzaemon (R), Nakamura Utaemon IV as the Footman (Yakko) Fujihei (C), and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Ômori Hikoshichi (L)


「大道寺新左衛門 坂東彦三郎」(四代目)  「奴富士平 中村歌右衛門」(四代目)  「大森彦七 市村羽左衛門」(十二代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1839 (Tenpô 10), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 73 cm (14 3/16 x 28 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43430a-c
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ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Taihei Irifune Shinozuka
Theater: Ichimura
太平入津船篠塚(たいへいいりふねしのづか)
市村
1839、天保10、11・15
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.