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Actors Arashi Kichisaburô III as Yoshimiya Jiemon (R), Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Magarigane no Kingorô (C), and Onoe Tamizô II as Rokusaburô (L)


「吉見や治右衛門 嵐吉三郎」(三代目)  「まがり金の金五郎 坂東彦三郎」(四代目)  「六三郎 尾上多見蔵」(二代目)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1841 (Tenpô 12), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 75.6 cm (14 9/16 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38527a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kuniyoshi Project db
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.38523a-c, 11.38527a-c

Play: Tenjiku Tokubei Banri no Irifune
Theater: Nakamura
天竺徳兵衛万里船(てんじくとくべえばんりのいりふね)
中村
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.