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Actors Bandô Shûka I (R), Nakamura Utaemon IV (C), and Ichimura Uzaemon XII (L)


初代坂東しうか  四代中村歌右衛門  十二代市村羽左衛門
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.2 x 75.2 cm (14 1/4 x 29 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39573a-c
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ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.38477a-c, 11.39573a-c

1848 (Kaei 1)
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Kinugasa
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、衣笠
彫師:なし
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.