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Actors Onoe Kikugorô III as Nagoya Sanza (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Fuwa Banzaemon (C), and Iwai Hanshirô V as Tsukisayo Okuni (L)


「名古屋山三 尾上菊五郎」(三代目) 「不波伴左衛門 市川団十郎」(七代目) 「月さよお国 岩井半四郎」(五代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1827 (Bunsei 10), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38 x 76.4 cm (14 15/16 x 30 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43447a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Ôichiza Soga no Shimadai
Theater: Kawarazaki
群曽我島台(おおいちざそがのしまだい)
廓春誉編笠(さとのはるめいぶつあみがさ)、常磐津
河原崎、四立目引返し
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.