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Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV as Matsuômaru (R), Ichikawa Ebizô V as Takebe Genzô (C), and Onoe Kikujirô II as Matsuô's Wife (Nyôbô) Chiyo (L)


「松王丸 中村歌右衛門」(四代目)  「武部源蔵 市川海老蔵」(五代目)  「松王女房千代 尾上菊次郎」(二代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Maruya Seijirô (Marusei, Jukakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1840 (Tenpô 11), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35 x 70.3 cm (13 3/4 x 27 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43440a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
Theater: Kawarazaki
菅原伝授手習鑑(すがわらでんじゅてならいかがみ)
河原崎
1840、天保11、11・05
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.