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Actors Arashi Ryûzô II as Bômon no Saishô Kiyotada (R), Sawamura Sôjûrô III as a Pilgrim (Saikoku junrei), actually Kusunoki Masatsura (C), and Sakata Hangorô III as a Pilgrim (Kaikoku no shugyôsha), actually Fuchibe Iga no Kami (L)


二代目嵐竜蔵の坊門宰相清忠  三代目沢村宗十郎の西国巡礼実ハ楠正行  三代目坂田半五郎の廻国修行者実ハ藤邊(淵部)伊賀守
Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762–1819)
Japanese
Edo period
1790 (Kansei 2), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban triptych; 31.7 x 42 cm (12 1/2 x 16 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18204, 54.453, 54.454
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.18204 (center), 54.453 (right), 54.454 (left)

MFA impressions: 11.18191 (left sheet only), 11.18204VR (11.18204, 54.253, 54.454; complete triptych)

Play: Iwao no Hana Mine no Kusunoki
Theater: Ichimura
巌花峰野楠(いわおのはなみねのくすのき)
市村
Signed Shun'ei ga (on each sheet)
春英画
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.