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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Togashi Saemon (R), Ichikawa Ebizô V as Musashibô Benkei (C), and Ichikawa Ichikawa Saruzô I as Minamoto no Yoshitsune (L)


「富樫左衛門」八代目市川団十郎 「武蔵坊弁慶」五代目市川海老蔵 「源の義経」初代市川猿蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.3 x 73.3 cm (13 7/8 x 28 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43958a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29221-3, 11.43958a-c

Play (shosa): Kanjinchô
Play (main feature): Ichinotani Futaba Gunki
Theater: Kawarazaki
勧進帳(かんじんちょう) 長唄
一谷嫩軍記(いちのたにふたばぐんき)
河原崎
1852、嘉永05、09・23
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Rat 9
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込、子九
彫師:なし
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.