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Actors Morita Kan'ya XI as Kataoka Miki no kami Tatsumoto, Nakayama Ichizô I as Nakayama Gentôta Sôren, Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Mashiba Tairyô Hisayoshi, Iwai Kumesaburô III as Midai Aya no kata, Arashi Otohachi III, Iwai Tasunosuke I (?) as Koshimoto Tatsuno (R); Onoe Kikujirô II as Fuyô no mae, Bandô Tamasaburô II (?) as Koshimoto Tamazasa, Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Ishikawa Goemon, Ichikawa Hirogorô I as Kômoku Chikara, Sawamura Gennosuke III as Tohyakkoku Sakon Shûei (C); Bandô Takesaburô I as Arakawa Kurôdo Terutsuna, Kataoka Ichizô I as Ôtaki Kyokuzen Munekage, and Seki Kansuke (?) as Sekiuta Tange (L)


「片岡造酒頭立元」十一代目森田勘弥、「中山源藤太宗連」初代中山市蔵、「真柴大領久吉」四代目坂東彦三郎、「御台綾之方」三代目岩井粂三郎、三代目嵐音八、「こし元辰野」初代岩井辰之助ヵ 「芙蓉之前」二代目尾上菊次郎、「こし元玉笹」二代目坂東玉三郎ヵ、「石川五右衛門」四代目市川小団次、「広目主税」初代市川広五郎、「十百石左近秀英」三代目沢村源之助 「荒川蔵人照綱」初代坂東竹三郎、「大滝曲膳宗景」初代片岡市蔵、「関宇多丹下」関歌助ヵ
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.5 x 72.9 cm (14 x 28 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22327-9
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.22327 (right), 11.22328 (center), 11.22329 (left)

Play: Kinoshita Soga Megumi no Masagoji
Theater: Nakamura
木下曽我恵☆路(きのしたそがめぐみのまさごじ)
中村
1851、嘉永04、01・12
Signed Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on right and left sheets); Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on center sheet)
香蝶楼豊国画 一陽斎豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, shita-uri
No blockcutter's mark
改印:衣笠、村田、シタ売
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.