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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Kiyomori (R), Iwai Hanshirô V as a Waitress (C), and Nakamura Daikichi I as Tokiwa (L)


「きよもり 市川団十郎」(七代目)  「(裁断不明) 岩井半四郎」(五代目)  「ときわ 中村大吉」(初代)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
1816 (Bunka 13), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.7 x 74 cm (14 7/16 x 29 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15837-9
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.15837 (right), 11.15838 (center), 11.15839 (left)

Play: Kiyomori Eiga no Utena
Theater: Kawarazaki

Unidentified publisher's mark.
清盛栄花台(きよもりえいがのうてな)
河原崎
1816、文化13、11・05
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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.