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Actors Ichikawa Ebizô V as Matsuômaru (R), Arashi Kichisaburô III as Umeômaru (C), and Sawamura Tosshô I as Sakuramaru (L)


「松王丸 市川海老蔵」(五代目)  「梅王丸 嵐吉三郎」(三代目)  「桜丸 沢村訥升」(初代)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûshichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1840 (Tenpô 11), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 73.6 cm (14 3/16 x 29 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29097-9
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.29097 (left), 11.29098 (right), 11.29099 (center)

MFA impressions: 11.29097-9 (complete), 11.39308 (right sheet), 11.39309 (left sheet)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
Theater: Nakamura
菅原伝授手習鑑(すがわらでんじゅてならいかがみ)
中村
1840、天保11、09・11
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.