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Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Imagawa Nakaaki (R), Nakamura Utaemon IV as Arakawa Kurando (C), and Bandô Shûka I, formerly Tamasaburô, as Otome no mae (L)


「今川仲秋 市村羽左衛門」(十二代目)  「荒川蔵人 中村歌右衛門」(四代目)  「乙女前 玉三郎改 坂東しうか」(初代)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (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 71.7 cm (14 3/16 x 28 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43446a-c
NOT ON VIEW
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.