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Actors Nakamura Utaemon III as Hachizô (R), Kirishima Giemon I as the Landlord (Yanushi) Sajibei (C), and Segawa Rokô IV as Ohatsu (L)


「八蔵 中村歌右衛門」(三代目)  「家主佐次兵へ 桐島儀右衛門」(初代)  「おはつ 瀬川路考」(四代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Kawachiya Genshichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1810 (Bunka 7), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 39.4 x 77.5 cm (15 1/2 x 30 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22817-9
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 001-0401 (C only)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.22817 (left), 11.22818 (center), 11.22819 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.22817-9 (complete triptych), 11.25355 (left sheet only)

Play: Dôchû Musume Kagagasa
Theater: Nakamura
道中娘菅笠(どうちゅうむすめかががさ)
中村
Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
Marks No censor's seal
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.