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右 四代目中村歌右衛門、「さくらん」三代目市村竹松、「九ねん」三代目嵐猪三郎ヵ、「あかん」市川あかん平、「かくれん」十三代目市村羽左衛門、「とちめん」初代中村翫太郎、「業平」・「喜せん」初代中村福助 左 「おかぢ」二代目中村富十郎、「黒主」八代目市川団十郎、「孔雀」初代中村福助、「小町」四代目尾上梅幸
Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV (inset), Ichimura Takematsu III as Sakuran, Arashi Izaburô III as Kunen, Ichikawa Akanbei as Akan, Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Kakuren, Nakamura Kantarô I as Tochimen, Nakamura Fukusuke I as both Narihira and Kisen (R); Nakamura Tomijûrô II as Okaji, Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Kuronushi, Nakamura Fukusuke I as Kujaku, Onoe Baikô IV as Komachi (L)
右 四代目中村歌右衛門、「さくらん」三代目市村竹松、「九ねん」三代目嵐猪三郎ヵ、「あかん」市川あかん平、「かくれん」十三代目市村羽左衛門、「とちめん」初代中村翫太郎、「業平」・「喜せん」初代中村福助 左 「おかぢ」二代目中村富十郎、「黒主」八代目市川団十郎、「孔雀」初代中村福助、「小町」四代目尾上梅幸
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38 x 51 cm (14 15/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21582-3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Iizuka, Kabuki saiken (1926), p. 26
DescriptionDiptych (two right sheets of incomplete triptych): 11.21582 (right), 11.21583 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.21582-3 (two right sheets only), 11.29070VR (11.29070, 11.29071, 11.36840; complete triptych), 11.29136VR (11.29136, 11.29137, 11.29768; complete triptych)
Play: Rokkasen Sugata no Irodori
Theater: Ichimura
六歌仙体綵（ろっかせんすがたのいろどり）
市村
MFA impressions: 11.21582-3 (two right sheets only), 11.29070VR (11.29070, 11.29071, 11.36840; complete triptych), 11.29136VR (11.29136, 11.29137, 11.29768; complete triptych)
Play: Rokkasen Sugata no Irodori
Theater: Ichimura
六歌仙体綵（ろっかせんすがたのいろどり）
市村
Signed
Ôju Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on right sheet only)
応需豊国画(年玉枠)
応需豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 6
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：改、寅六
彫師：彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：改、寅六
彫師：彫竹
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.
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.