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Actors Nakamura Nakazô I as Utô Yasukata (R), Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Onoe no Mae (CR), Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Yoshiie (CL), and Onoe Matsusuke II as the Footman (Yakko) Tametsugu (L)


初代中村仲蔵のうとう安方  二代目小佐川常世の尾上前  五代目市川団十郎の八幡太郎義家  二代目尾上松助の奴為次
Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)
Japanese
Edo period
1778 (An'ei 7), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban tetraptych; 31.3 x 60 cm (12 5/16 x 23 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18287, 11.18325, 11.18422, 11.18423
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTetraptych: 11.18287 (center right), 11.18325 (right), 11.18422 (center left), 11.18423 (left)

MFA impressions: 11.18287VR (11.18287; 11.18325; 11.18422-11.18423), 21.7274-7 (with prints arranged in different order)

Play (jôruri): Momiji-gasa Ito no Nishikigi
Play (kaomise): Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori
Theater: Morita
紅葉傘色錦木(もみじがさいとのにしきぎ)
伊達錦対将(だてにしきついのゆみとり)
森田
Signed Katsukawa Shunkô ga (on each sheet)
勝川春好画
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.