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「三浦屋のけいせい揚巻」二代目岩井紫若 「黒手組の男達助六」五代目坂東彦三郎 「鳥井進左衛門」五代目大谷友右衛門
Actors Iwai Shijaku II as the Courtesan (Keisei) Agemaki of the Miuraya (R), Bandô Hikosaburô V as Kurotegumi no Otokodate Sukeroku (C), and Ôtani Tomoemon V as Torii Shinzaemon (L)
「三浦屋のけいせい揚巻」二代目岩井紫若 「黒手組の男達助六」五代目坂東彦三郎 「鳥井進左衛門」五代目大谷友右衛門
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Yamashiroya Jinbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tanaka Hori Ushi (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamashiroya Jinbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tanaka Hori Ushi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.4 × 73.4 cm (14 5/16 × 28 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17358, 11.38949a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTriptych: 11.17358 (left), 11.38949a-b (right and center)
Play: Atari Kuji Mansei Soga
Theater: Morita
当九字万成曽我（あたりくじまんせいそが）
守田
Play: Atari Kuji Mansei Soga
Theater: Morita
当九字万成曽我（あたりくじまんせいそが）
守田
Signed
Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
国貞画
国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: Hare 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Tanaka Hori Ushi
改印：卯正改
彫師：田中彫牛
Blockcutter's mark: Tanaka Hori Ushi
改印：卯正改
彫師：田中彫牛
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.