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二代目沢村訥升、三代目嵐吉三郎、四代目坂東彦三郎、初代中村福助、三代目岩井粂三郎 「踊形容楽屋之図（おどりけいようがくやのづ）」 七代目市川高麗蔵、二代目尾上菊次郎、？、三代目嵐璃寛、初代嵐吉六 初代大谷友松ヵ、初代中山市蔵、二代目中村桃三ヵ、初代嵐 冠五郎、初代中村鶴蔵
Backstage and Dressing Rooms (Odori keiyô gakuya no zu): Actors Sawamura Tosshô II, Arashi Kichisaburô III, Bandô Hikosaburô IV, Nakamura Fukusuke I, Iwai Kumesaburô III (R); Ichikawa Komazô VII, Onoe Kikujirô II, ?, Arashi Rikan III, Arashi Kichiroku I (C); Ôtani Tomomatsu I (?), Nakayama Ichizô I, Nakamura Momosa II (?), Arashi Kangorô I, and Nakamura Tsuruzô I (L)
二代目沢村訥升、三代目嵐吉三郎、四代目坂東彦三郎、初代中村福助、三代目岩井粂三郎 「踊形容楽屋之図（おどりけいようがくやのづ）」 七代目市川高麗蔵、二代目尾上菊次郎、？、三代目嵐璃寛、初代嵐吉六 初代大谷友松ヵ、初代中山市蔵、二代目中村桃三ヵ、初代嵐 冠五郎、初代中村鶴蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.5 x 75.7 cm (14 x 29 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28578-80
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #65 (complete); Izzard, Kunisada's World (1993), #92 (complete); Tôbu bijutsukan, Edo no hana kabuki-e ten (1999), #133 (complete)
DescriptionTriptych (upper half of two-tier hexaptych 11.28578-83): 11.28578 (left), 11.28579 (center), 11.28580 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.22366VR (11.22366, 11.22367, 11.22475; lower half), 11.28578-83 (upper half, 11.28578-80; lower half, 11.28581-3), 11.39669a-b (two right sheets of lower half), 11.44200a-f (complete)
MFA impressions: 11.22366VR (11.22366, 11.22367, 11.22475; lower half), 11.28578-83 (upper half, 11.28578-80; lower half, 11.28581-3), 11.39669a-b (two right sheets of lower half), 11.44200a-f (complete)
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰二
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.