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Actors Bandô Shûka I as Seitaka Dôji (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as both the Fudô of Mount Narita (Naritayama Fudô myôô) and Hiranoya Tokubei, later Honchômaru Tsunagorô (C), and Ichikawa Kuzô II as Kongara Dôji (L), in the Scene of Honchômaru's Rescue by the Narita Deities (Honchômaru Tsunagorô Naritasan no gorieki ni sunawachi abunai ichimei o tasukaru no tokoro)


「本朝丸綱五郎成田山之御利益ニ而危一命ヲ助ルノ処」 「制多伽童子」初代坂東しうか 「成田山不動明王・平のや徳兵衛後ニ本朝丸綱五郎」八代目市川団十郎 「矜迦羅童子」二代目市川九蔵 ☆は「托」が口偏のもの。
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35 x 74.4 cm (13 3/4 x 29 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44039a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Genji Moyô Furisode Hinagata
Theater: Ichimura
源氏模様娘雛形(げんじもようふりそでひながた)
市村
1851、嘉永04、09・09

Note: In this play the names of Fudô's attendants Kongara and Seitaka have been reversed (usually Seitaka is the one with red skin), presumably by accident. (See also 11.38388a-b.)
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, shita-uri
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.