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「らん丸 関三十郎」（二代目） 「はる長 坂東三津五郎」 （三代目） 「光ひで 松本幸四郎」（五代目）
Actors Seki Sanjûrô II as Ranmaru (R), Bandô Mitsugorô III as Harunaga (C), and Matsumoto Kôshirô V as Mitsuhide (L)
「らん丸 関三十郎」（二代目） 「はる長 坂東三津五郎」 （三代目） 「光ひで 松本幸四郎」（五代目）
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese
Edo period
1817 (Bunka 14), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.8 x 75.4 cm (14 1/2 x 29 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21649-51
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 001-0311 (R, green ground), 100-5766 (R, white ground), 100-5767 (C, white ground), 100-5768 (L, white ground)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.21649 (left), 11.21650 (right), 11.21651 (center)
Unidentified publisher's mark.
Play: Kotoba no Hana Tsuki mo Mitsuhide
Theater: Nakamura
連歌月光秀（ことばのはなつきもみつひで）
中村、一番目三立目
Unidentified publisher's mark.
Play: Kotoba no Hana Tsuki mo Mitsuhide
Theater: Nakamura
連歌月光秀（ことばのはなつきもみつひで）
中村、一番目三立目
Signed
Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.