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Actors Ichikawa Ebizô V as Watônai (R), Sawamura Tosshô I as Kinshôjo (C), and Ichikawa Danzô V as Gojôgun Kanki (L)


「和藤内 市川海老蔵」(五代目)  「きんせう女 沢村訥升」(初代)  「五城軍かんき 市川団蔵」(五代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iseya Rihei (Kinjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1839 (Tenpô 10), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.8 x 76.5 cm (14 7/8 x 30 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43433a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (second feature): Kokusen'ya Kassen
Play (main feature): Toki ni Saiwai Sakura no Irodoki
Theater: Kawarazaki
国性爺合戦(こくせんやかっせん)
則幸桜色薗(ときにさいわいさくらのいろどき)
河原崎、二番目
1839、天保10、03・06
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.