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Actors Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Jûrô (R), Ichikawa Danzô V as Kudô (C), and Iwai Shijaku I as Gorô (L)


「十郎 坂東彦三郎」(四代目) 「工藤 市川団蔵」(五代目) 「五郎 岩井紫若」(初代)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyūdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1836 (Tenpô 7), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.7 x 72.7 cm (14 1/16 x 28 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43479a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Waka Ebisu Soga no Minato
Theater: Nakamura
若市神曽我☆湊(わかえびすそがのみなと)
中村
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.