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Actors Bandô Mitsugorô as Wrestler Akitsushima Kuniemon (R), Arashi Kanjûrô as Referee (Gyôji) Shôkurô (C), and Nakamura Shikan as Wrestler Onigatake Tetsuemon (L)


「秋津しま国右衛門 坂東三津五郎」(四代目) 「行司庄九郎 嵐冠十郎」(初代) 「鬼ヶ嶽鉄右衛門 中村芝翫」(二代目)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Chôzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1832 (Tenpô 3), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 39 x 78.8 cm (15 3/8 x 31 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22124-6
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.22124 (right), 11.22125 (center), 11.22126 (left)

Play: Sekitori Nidai no Shôbuzuke
Theater: Nakamura
関取二代勝負附(せきとりにだいのしょうぶづけ)
中村
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

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.