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Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII as a Drunken Groundskeeper (Namaei Jichô) (R), Sawamura Tosshô I in Three Types of Drunks (Sannin Namaei) (C), and Ichikawa Kuzô II as a Drunken Groundskeeper (Namaei Jichô) (L)


「なまゑい仕丁 市村羽左衛門」(十二代目)  「三人なまゑい 沢村訥升」(初代)  「なまゑひ仕丁 市川九蔵」(二代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1838 (Tenpô 9), 1st 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 Number11.43457a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale of Part 1): Wakaki no Hana Sugata no Saishiki
Play (main feature): Date Kurabe Zensei Soga
Theater: Ichimura
若木花容彩四季(わかきのはなすがたのさいしき) 常磐津
伊達競全盛曽我(だてくらべぜんせいそが)
市村、一番目大詰
1838、天保09、01・21
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.