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Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Minazuru-hime (R), Nakamura Shikan IV as Chienai (C), and Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Torazô (L)


「皆鶴姫 沢村田之助」(三代目)  「ちゑ内 中村芝翫」(四代目)  「寅蔵 市村羽左衛門」(十三代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Enshūya Hikobei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 9th 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 Number11.44334a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
Play (main feature): Honchô Nijûshi Kô
Theater: Ichimura
鬼一法眼三略巻(きいちほうげんさんりゃくのまき)
本朝廿四孝(ほんちょうにじゅうしこう)
市村
1861、文久01、09・17
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Chô
改印:酉九改
彫師:彫長
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.