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Actors Nakamura Shibazô II as Yamaoka (R), Nakamura Jakuemon I as Sanshô Dayû (C), and Arashi Raishi as Yônosuke (L)


「山岡 中村芝蔵」(二代目)  「三荘太夫 中村雀右衛門」(初代)  「要之助 嵐来芝」 「由良湊千軒長者」
Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki (Japanese, 1841–1899)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban triptych; 24.5 x 53.4 cm (9 5/8 x 21 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36167a-b, 11.41925
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 117
DescriptionTriptych: 11.36167a-b (two right sheets), 11.41925 (left sheet)

MFA impressions: 11.36166a-b (two left sheets): 11.36166a-b (two left sheets), 11.36167VR (11.36167a-b, 11.41925) (complete)

Play: Yura no Minato Sengen Chôja
Play: Chikugo
由良湊千軒長者(ゆらのみなとせんげんちょうじゃ)
筑後
Signed Yoshitaki ga (on each sheet)
芳瀧画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.