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a 二代目沢村訥升、三代目嵐吉三郎、四代目坂東彦三郎、初代中村福助、三代目岩井粂三郎 b 「踊形容楽屋之図（おどりけいようがくやのづ）」 七代目市川高麗蔵、二代目尾上菊次郎、？、三代目嵐璃寛、初代嵐吉六 c 初代大谷友松ヵ、初代中山市蔵、二代目中村桃三ヵ、初代嵐 冠五郎、初代中村鶴蔵 d 「踊形容新開入之図（おどりけいようにかいいりのづ）」 三代目中村大吉、十一代目森田勘弥、初代中村鴻蔵、二代目浅尾与六、二代目片岡我童 e 四代目尾上菊五郎、三代目関三十郎、初代中村翫太郎、十三代目市村羽左衛門、初代坂東竹三郎、二代目片岡我当ヵ、五代目嵐小六 f 四代目市川小団次、五代目市川団之助、初代河原崎権十郎、三代目岩井粂三郎
Backstage and Dressing Rooms (Odori keiyô gakuya no zu) (top); Backstage at a Newly Opened Theater (Odori keiyô nikai-iri no zu) (bottom): Actors Sawamura Tosshô II, Arashi Kichisaburô III, Bando Hikosaburô IV, Nakamura Fukusuke I, Iwai Kumesaburô III (TR); Ichikawa Komazô VII, Onoe Kikujirô II, ? , Arashi Rikan III, Arashi Kichiroku I (TC); Ôtani Tomomatsu I (?), Nakayama Ichizô I, Nakamura Momosa II (?), Arashi Kangorô I, Nakamura Tsuruzô I (TL); Nakamura Daikichi III, Morita Kan'ya XI, Nakamura Kôzô I, Asao Yoroku II, Kataoka Gadô II (BR); Onoe Kikugorô IV, Seki Sanjûrô III, Nakamura Kantarô I, Ichimura Uzaemon XIII [Nakamura Uzaemon XIII?], Bandô Takesaburô I, Kataoka Gatô II (?), Arashi Koroku V (BC); Ichikawa Kodanji IV, Ichikawa Dannosuke V, Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I, Iwai Kumesaburô III (BL)
a 二代目沢村訥升、三代目嵐吉三郎、四代目坂東彦三郎、初代中村福助、三代目岩井粂三郎 b 「踊形容楽屋之図（おどりけいようがくやのづ）」 七代目市川高麗蔵、二代目尾上菊次郎、？、三代目嵐璃寛、初代嵐吉六 c 初代大谷友松ヵ、初代中山市蔵、二代目中村桃三ヵ、初代嵐 冠五郎、初代中村鶴蔵 d 「踊形容新開入之図（おどりけいようにかいいりのづ）」 三代目中村大吉、十一代目森田勘弥、初代中村鴻蔵、二代目浅尾与六、二代目片岡我童 e 四代目尾上菊五郎、三代目関三十郎、初代中村翫太郎、十三代目市村羽左衛門、初代坂東竹三郎、二代目片岡我当ヵ、五代目嵐小六 f 四代目市川小団次、五代目市川団之助、初代河原崎権十郎、三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban, two-tier hexaptych; 36.4 x 151.4 cm (14 5/16 x 59 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44200a-f
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #65 (complete); Izzard, Kunisada's World (1993), #92 (complete); Tôbu bijutsukan, Edo no hana kabuki-e ten (1999), #133 (complete)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.22366VR (11.22366, 11.22367, 11.22475; lower half), 11.28578-83 (upper half, 11.28578-80; lower half, 11.28581-3), *11.39669a-b (two right sheets of lower half; deaccessioned in 2019), 11.44200a-f (complete)
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰二
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.