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Announcing the Hit Plays of Actors at the Three Theaters (Ataru tatsu no kaoyose, waka sangai)


右 「当ル辰の顔与勢」 「若徒 中野藤兵衛」「浪人 赤堀水右衛門」「謀士 後藤兵衛」「正木の 腰元ふさの」「おなじく 下部直助」「敵 岩橋軍次」「爺 松台屋市右衛門」「敵 曽根次太夫」「良包 大岸主税」 「市右衛門」初代坂東佐十郎、「主税」初代河原崎権十郎、「藤兵衛」三代目嵐璃寛、「直助」三代目浅尾奥山、「後藤」三代目関三十郎、「水右衛門」三代目嵐吉三郎、「軍次」松本国五郎、「房の」三代目中村大吉、「次太夫」初代中村鶴蔵 中 「和歌三街」 「筒木 弥惣兵衛」「男達 提婆の仁三」「万里の 愛妾此村」「医者 藻苅竹庵」「敵 松田政兵衛」「色悪 万里野弥四郎」「秋月 娘深雪」「花徳 木浦新吾」「政談 大森彦七」 「竹庵」二代目大谷徳次、「此村」初代吾妻市之丞、「弥惣」初代中山市蔵、「弥四郎」四代目市川 小団次、「彦七」十一代目森田勘弥、「新吾」二代目片岡我童、「仁三」初代大谷友松、「深雪」二代目尾上菊次郎、「政兵衛」初代中村翫太郎 左 「逆艪 樋口の次郎」「娘 松台屋おせん」「次男 松台屋小五郎」「足軽 寺岡平右衛門」「立役 浅山内記」「半道 磯田八之丞」「兄 錦戸太郎」「弟 伊達次郎」「敵役 神原兵次」 「内記」二代目沢村訥升、「八之丞」初代嵐冠五郎、「樋口」初代中村福助、「神原」四代目大谷友右衛門、「寺岡」二代目浅尾与六、「小五郎」初代坂東竹三郎、「錦戸」初代中村鴻蔵、「おせん」三代目岩井粂三郎、「伊達」初代坂東村右衛門
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.6 x 72.8 cm (14 x 28 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44161a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionActors Bando Sajûrô I as Matsudaiya Ichiemon, Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Ôkishi Chikara, Arashi Rikan III as Nakano Tôbei, Asao Okuyama III as Shimobe Shinsuke, Seki Sanjûrô III as Gotobei, Arashi Kichisaburô III as Akabori Mizuemon, Matsumoto Kunigorô as Iwahashi Gunji, Nakamura Daikichi III as Koshimoto Fusano, Nakamura Tsuruzô I as Sone Jidayû (L); Ôtani Tokuji II as Mokari Chikuan, Azuma Ichinojô I as Konomura, Nakayama Ichizô I as Yasobei, Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Marino Yashirô, Morita Kan’ya XI as Ômori Hikoshichi, Kataoka Gadô II as Konoura Shingo, Ôtani Tomomatsu I as Daiba no Niza, Onoe Kikujirô as the Daughter Miyuki, Nakamura Kantarô I as Matsuda Seibei (C); Sawamura Tosshô II as Asayama Naiki, Arashi Kangorô I as Isoda Hachinojô, Nakamura Fukusuke I as Higuchi no Jirô, Ôtani Tomoemon IV as Kanbara Hyôji, Asao Yoroku II as Teraoka Heiemon, Bando Takesaburô I as Matsudaiya Kogorô, Nakamura Kôzô I as Nishikido Tarô, Iwai Kumesaburô III as Matsudaiya Osen, Bando Muraemon I as Date Jirô (L)
Signed Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on right sheet only)
一陽斎豊国画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 9
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、卯九
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.