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Actors Kataoka Nizaemon XII as Suzuki no Saburô (R), Onoe Kikugorô III as Taira no Munemori (C), and Nakamura Utaroku I, from Kamigata (kudari), as Suke no Tsubone (L)


「鈴木ノ三郎 片岡仁左衛門」(七代目) 「平の宗盛 尾上菊五郎」(三代目) 「すけの局 下り中村歌六」(初代)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Wakamatsuya Yoshirô (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1827 (Bunsei 10), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.6 x 75.5 cm (14 13/16 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22220-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.22220 (right), 11.22221 (center), 11.22222 (left)
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.