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初代河原崎権十郎 四代目市村家橘 三代目沢村田之助
Actors and Dance Instructions: Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I (R), Ichimura Kakitsu IV (C), and Sawamura Tanosuke III (L)
初代河原崎権十郎 四代目市村家橘 三代目沢村田之助
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 73.7 cm (14 3/16 x 29 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.27050-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTriptych: 11.27050 (left), 11.27051 (right), 11.27052 (center)
MFA impressions: 11.17201-2 (left two sheets only), 11.27050-2 (complete triptych)
MFA impressions: 11.17201-2 (left two sheets only), 11.27050-2 (complete triptych)
Signed
Hiroshige giga (on left and right sheets)
広重戯画
広重戯画
Marks
Censor's seal: Hare 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：卯弐改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：卯弐改
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: 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.
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.