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Actors Arashi Tomisaburō II as the Heavenly Woman of Itsukushima (R), Arashi Kitsusaburō II as Ōuchi Samanosuke (C), and Bandō Jūtarō I as Naruto Kobei (L)


「いつくしま天女 嵐富三郎」(二代目) 「大内左馬之助 嵐橘三郎」(二代目) 「鳴門幸兵衛 坂東寿太郎」(初代)
Gigadō Ashiyuki (Japanese, active about 1814–1835)
Publisher: Shōhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1828 (Bunsei 11), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ōban triptych; 38.2 x 77 cm (15 1/16 x 30 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35170-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozō Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 96; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shūsei, vol. 1 (1997), #276; Keyes 1973, #18abc (no photo)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.35170 (right), 11.35171 (center), 11.35172 (left)

MFA impressions: 11.35001 (center sheet only), 11.35170-2 (complete triptych)

Play: Keisei Suō no Dairi
Theater: Naka
けいせい素袍(内裏)

Signed Gigadō Ashiyuki ga (on each sheet)
戯画堂芦ゆき画
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.