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Actors Bandô Mitsugorô III as Washinoo Saburô (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Unno no Kotarô (C), and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Matsukaze no Omura (L)


「鷲尾三郎 坂東三津五郎」(三代目) 「海野ノ小太郎 市川団十郎」(七代目) 「松風のお村 岩井粂三郎」(三代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
1827 (Bunsei 10), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38 x 80.3 cm (14 15/16 x 31 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43407a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionUnidentified publisher's mark.

Play: Kawaranu Hana Genji no Kaomise
Theater: Kawarazaki
重年花源氏顔鏡(かわらぬはなげんじのかおみせ)
河原崎
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.