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Actors Bandô Mitsugorô III as Sumiyoshi Dancer (Sumiyoshi odori) Yattoko Seihachi, Bandô Sanpachi III as Sumiyoshi Dancer (Dô) Yon'ya Naokichi (R), Iwai Kumesaburô II as Nakai Oyama (C), and Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Kazusa Shichibei Kagekiyo (L)


「住吉おどりやつとこ清八 坂東三津五郎」(三代目)、「同よんや名尾吉 坂東三八」(三代目) 「仲居おやま 岩井粂三郎」(二代目) 「上総七兵衛景清 市川団十郎」(七代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1827 (Bunsei 10), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38 x 76.2 cm (14 15/16 x 30 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22217-9
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ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.22217 (center), 11.22218 (left), 11.22218 (right)

Play: Kawaranu Hana Genji no Kaomise
Theater: Ichimura
重年花源氏顔鏡(かわらぬはなげんじのかおみせ)
市村
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Inscriptions年代記の役名は「やつとこ徳次」、「よんや名古吉」。
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.