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Actors Arashi Kitsusaburô II as Kajiwara Heiji (R), Ichikawa Danzô V as Kajiwara Genta (C), and Sawamura Kunitarô II (L) as the Maidservant (Koshimoto) Chidori


「梶原平次 嵐橘三郎」(二代目)  「梶原源田 市川団蔵」(五代目)  「沢村国太郎 こし元千鳥」(二代目)
Gigadô Ashiyuki (Japanese, active about 1814–1835)
Publisher: Wataya Kihei (Wataki) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1827 (Bunsei 10), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.6 x 77.4 cm (14 13/16 x 30 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35167-9
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 96; Ôsaka-shi sumai no myûjiamu, Kamigata yakusha-e no sekai (2001), #7; Keyes 1973, #17 (center sheet only, no photo)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.35167 (right), 11.35168 (center), 11.35169 (left)

MFA impressions: 11.22676-7 (two right sheets only), 11.35167-9 (complete triptych)

Play: Hiragana Seisuiki
Theater: Kitagawa, Kyoto
ひらがな盛衰記(ひらがなせいすいき)
京、北川
Signed Gigadô Ashiyuki ga (on each sheet)
戯画堂芦ゆき画
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.