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Actors Iwai Hanshirô V (R), Matsumoto Kôshirô V (C), and Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (L)


「岩井半四郎」(五代目)  「松本幸四郎」(五代目)  「市川団十郎」(七代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Matsumura Tatsuemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1815-1821

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.5 x 73.3 cm (14 3/8 x 28 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21334-6
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.21334 (left), 11.21335 (center), 11.21336 (right)
Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
Marks Censor's seals: kiwame, futakata
改印:極、弐方
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.