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Actors Bandô Mitsugorô III as Hidesato (R), Matsumoto Kôshirô V as Masakado (C), and Iwai Hanshirô V as Nanaaya (L)


「秀郷 坂東三津五郎」 (三代目)  「将門 松本幸四郎」(五代目)  「七あや 岩井半四郎」(五代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1813 (Bunka 10), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 x 78 cm (14 3/4 x 30 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40633a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 100-3768 (left sheet only)
DescriptionPlay: Modoribashi Sena ni Gohiiki
Theater: Ichimura
戻橋背御摂(もどりばしせなにごひいき)
市村
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: 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.