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「児雷也」八代目市川団十郎 「仙素道人」五代目市川海老蔵 「怪力お綱」三代目岩井粂三郎
Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Jiraiya (R), Ichikawa Ebizô V as Senso Dôjin (C), and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Kairiki Otsuna (L)
「児雷也」八代目市川団十郎 「仙素道人」五代目市川海老蔵 「怪力お綱」三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.4 x 73.6 cm (13 15/16 x 29 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43986a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Mem. Mus., Edo yôkai dai zukan (2014), #216
DescriptionPlay: Jiraiya Gôketsu Monogatari
Theater: Kawarazaki
児雷也豪傑譚語（じらいやごうけつものがたり）
河原崎
1852、嘉永０５、07・25
Theater: Kawarazaki
児雷也豪傑譚語（じらいやごうけつものがたり）
河原崎
1852、嘉永０５、07・25
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 7, shita-uri
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、子七、シタ売
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、子七、シタ売
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.
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.