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「熊谷蓮生」五代目市川海老蔵 「頼朝息女大姫」五代目市川団之助 「剣沢弾正」四代目坂東彦三郎
Actors Ichikawa Ebizô V as Kumagai Rensei (R), Ichikawa Dannosuke V as Yoritomo's Daughter (Sokujo) Ôhime (C), and Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Tsurusawa Danjô
「熊谷蓮生」五代目市川海老蔵 「頼朝息女大姫」五代目市川団之助 「剣沢弾正」四代目坂東彦三郎
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 72 cm (14 3/16 x 28 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44002a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay (interval): Renshô Mondô
Play (main feature): Kurabekoshi Ise Monogatari
Theater: Kawarazaki
蓮生問答（れんしょうもんどう）
競伊勢物語（くらべこしいせものがたり）
河原崎、一番目と二番目の間
1850、嘉永０３、05・07
Play (main feature): Kurabekoshi Ise Monogatari
Theater: Kawarazaki
蓮生問答（れんしょうもんどう）
競伊勢物語（くらべこしいせものがたり）
河原崎、一番目と二番目の間
1850、嘉永０３、05・07
Signed
Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on right and left sheets), Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on center sheet)
一陽斎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国画
一陽斎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, shita-uri
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、シタ売
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、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.