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Actors Rehearsing: Onoe Denzaburô, Bandô Zenji II, Matsumoto Kôshirô V, Nakamura Daikichi I, Nakamura Shikan I, Bandô Mitsugorô III, Iwai Matsunosuke I (R); Onoe Matusuke III, Matsumoto Somegorô I, Onoe Kikugorô III, Iwai Kumesaburô II, Iwai Hanshirô V, Bandô Shinsaku, and Bandô Hikosaburô IV (L)


右 「尾上伝三郎」、「坂東善次」(二代目)、「松本幸四郎」(五代目)、「中村大吉」(初代)、「中村芝翫」(初代)、「坂東三津五郎」(三代目)、「岩井松之助」(初代) 左 「尾上松助」(三代目)、「松本染五郎」(初代)、「尾上菊五郎」(三代目)、「岩井粂三郎」(二代目)、「岩井半四郎」(五代目)、「坂東新作」「坂東彦三郎」(四代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1818 (Bunka 15/Bunsei 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 37.8 x 51.3 cm (14 7/8 x 20 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16367-8
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.16367 (right), 11.16368 (left)
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
Marks No censor's seal
改印: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.