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The Glorious Sanshô Lineage (Toshitoshi o iwai no kumiire): Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô I as Kamakura Kengorô, II as Kumedera Danjô, III as Agemaki no Sukeroku (R), IV as Hinin Kagekiyo, V as Yanone Gorô, VI as Nagasaki Jirô (C), VII as Fuwa Banzaemon, and VIII as Shinozuka Iga no Kami (L)


「相続栄三升(とし/\ をいわひのくみいれ)」 市川団十郎「元祖 鎌倉権五郎」、「二代目 粂寺弾正」、「三代目 揚巻ノ助六」  「四代 目非人景清」、「五代目 矢ノ根五郎」、「六代目 長崎次郎」  「七代目 不破伴左衛門」、「八代目 篠塚伊賀守」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1849–52 (Kaei 2–5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 x 76.5 cm (14 5/8 x 30 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15870-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Yonemura et al., Masterful Illusions (2002), #39
DescriptionTriptych: 11.15870 (right), 11.15871 (center), 11.15872 (left)

代々の市川団十郎を描いたもの。渡辺が名主となるのは嘉永2年6月なので本図はそれ以降のものヵ。 部分的に漆?を用いている。
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、渡辺
彫師: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.