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初代中村仲蔵の渡辺綱 二代目市川門之助の卜部季末武 五代目市川団十郎の坂田金時
Actors Nakamura Nakazô I as Watanabe no Tsuna (R), Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Urabe no Suetake (C), and Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Sakata Kintoki (L)
初代中村仲蔵の渡辺綱 二代目市川門之助の卜部季末武 五代目市川団十郎の坂田金時
Katsukawa Shunjô (Japanese,
died in 1787)
Japanese
Edo period
1781 (An'ei 10/Tenmei 1), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban triptych; 32.7 x 44.7 cm (12 7/8 x 17 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18443, 11.25006, 11.25007
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e taikei 3 (1976), #57-61 (complete pentaptych)
DescriptionTriptych (three sheets of incomplete pentaptych): 11.18443 (right), 11.25006 (center), 11.25007 (left)
MFA impressions: *11.18442 (left sheet only; deaccessioned in 2019), 11.18443VR (three sheets: 11.18443, 11.25006, 11.25007)
Play (kaomise): Shitennô Tonoi no Kisewata
Theater: Nakamura
四天王宿直着綿（してんのうとのいのきせわた）
中村
MFA impressions: *11.18442 (left sheet only; deaccessioned in 2019), 11.18443VR (three sheets: 11.18443, 11.25006, 11.25007)
Play (kaomise): Shitennô Tonoi no Kisewata
Theater: Nakamura
四天王宿直着綿（してんのうとのいのきせわた）
中村
Signed
Shunjô ga (on each sheet)
春常画
春常画
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.
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.