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Actors Sakata Hangorô II (Sankyô) as Kujaku Saburô (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô V (Sanshô) as Godai Saburô (C), and Nakamura Sukegorô II (Gyoraku) as Midaregami Gunzô (L)


右から 二代目坂田半五郎(杉暁)のくじゃく三郎、 五代目市川団十郎(三升)の五代三郎、 二代目中村助五郎(魚楽)のみだれ髪ぐん蔵
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1776 (An'ei 5), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban triptych; 29.7 x 42.1 cm (11 11/16 x 16 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18956-8
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.18956 (left), 11.18957 (right), 11.18958 (center)

MFA impressions: 11.18956-8 (complete triptych), 21.4038 (center sheet only)

Notes written on the print by hand, presumably by the original owner, identify the production and the actors.

Play: Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuronushi
Theater: Ichimura
姿花雪黒主 (すがたのはなゆきのくろぬし)
市村座
Signed Katsu Shunshô ga (on each sheet)
勝春章画
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.