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Actors Sawamura Tosshô I as Sadatô (R), Ichikawa Ebizô I as Munetô (C), and Sawamura Tosshô I as Sodeogi (L)


「貞任 沢村訥升」(初代) 「宗任 市川海老蔵」(五代目) 「袖荻 沢村訥升」(初代)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1839 (Tenpô 10), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35 x 68.9 cm (13 3/4 x 27 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43437a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (second feature): Ôshû Adachigahara
Play (main feature): Yoshitsune Senbon-zakura
Theater: Kawarazaki
奥州安達原(おうしゅうあだちがはら)
義経千本桜(よしつねせんぼんざくら)
河原崎、二番目
1839、天保10、09・09
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.