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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Chienai, Actually (Jitsu wa) Kisanta (R), Bandô Mitsugorô III as Kiichi Hôgen (C), and Iwai Kumesaburô II as Torazô, Actually (Jitsu wa) Ushiwakamaru (L)


「ちへ内実ハ喜三太 市川団十郎」(七代目) 「鬼市法眼 坂東三津五郎」(三代目) 「虎蔵実ハ牛若丸 岩井粂三郎」(二代目)
Utagawa Kuniyasu (Japanese, 1794–1832)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1827 (Bunsei 10), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.3 x 75 cm (14 11/16 x 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16112-4
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.16112 (left), 11.16113 (center), 11.16114 (right)

Play: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
Theater: Ichimura
鬼一法眼三略巻(きいちほうげんさんりゃくのまき)
市村
Signed Kuniyasu ga (on each sheet)
国安画
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.