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Actors Iwai Kumesaburô II (L), Bandô Mitsugorô III (C), and Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (L)


「岩井粂三郎」  「坂東三津五郎」(三代目)  「市川団十郎」(七代目)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.9 x 75.7 cm (14 15/16 x 29 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16511-3
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.16511 (right), 11.16512 (center), 11.16513 (left)
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.