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Actors Bandô Hikosaburô IV (R), Matsumoto Kôshirô V (C), and Segawa Kikunojô V (L), in unidentified roles


「坂東彦三郎」(四代目) 「松本幸四郎」(五代目) 「瀬川菊之丞」(五代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ezakiya Kichibei (Tenjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1825 (Bunsei 8)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38 x 76.2 cm (14 15/16 x 30 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22223-5
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.22223 (right), 11.22224 (left), 11.22225 (center)
坂東彦三郎・松本幸四郎・瀬川菊之丞が同座するのは文政9年度と文政11年度。
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
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: 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.