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A Pilgrimage of Thanks on the Boats of Popularity (Orei mairi hiikibune no zu): Actors Nakamura Kantarô I, Ichikawa Kuzô II, Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII, Bandô Shûka I (R); Ôtani Hiroemon V, Arashi Kichisaburô III, Onoe Baikô IV, Morita Kan'ya XI, Ôtani Tomomatsu (?), Iwai Kumesaburô III, Sawamura Chôjûrô V (C); Ichikawa Hiroemon, Arashi Kichiroku I, Bandô Hikosaburô IV, Ichikawa Kodanji IV, Onoe Kikujirô II, Ôtani Tomoemon IV (L)


「御礼参リ贔屓船之図」 右 初代中村翫太郎、二代目市川九蔵、八代目市川団十郎、初代坂東しうか、? 中 五代目大谷広右衛門、三代目嵐吉三郎、四代目尾上梅幸、十一代目森田勘弥、初代大谷友松ヵ、三代目岩井粂三郎、五代目沢村長十郎 左 市川広右衛門、初代嵐吉六、四代目坂東彦三郎、四代目市川小団次、?、二代目尾上菊次郎、四代目大谷友右衛門、?
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tanbaya Hanjirô (Tanhan) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1851 (Kaei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.8 x 75 cm (14 1/8 x 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29108-10
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Edo-Tokyo Museum, Edo kabuki (1995), #5-72
DescriptionTriptych: 11.29108 (left), 11.29109 (right), 11.29110 (center)

MFA impressions: 11.29108-10, 11.44049a-c
Signed Ôju Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on right and left sheets); Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on center sheet)
応需豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, shita-uri (shita-uri on right sheet only)
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込、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.