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Actors Matsumoto Kôshirô V as Fugen-bô (R), Sawamura Tanosuke II as Gengorô's Daughter Omitsu (C), and Suketakaya Takasuke II as Monju-bô (L)


普賢坊「松本幸四郎」(五代目)   源五郎娘おみつ「沢村田之助」(二代目)  文殊坊「助高屋高助」(二代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Shimizu (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1810 (Bunka 7), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 39 x 80 cm (15 3/8 x 31 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22805-7
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.22805 (left), 11.22806 (right), 11.22807 (center)

Play: Sanmon Gosan no Kiri
Theater: Ichimura
楼門五三桐(さんもんごさんのきり)、二番目大切
市村
Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
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.