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Actors Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Akitsushima (R), Nakamura Shikan II as Onigatake (C), and Arashi Kanjûrô I as Referee (Gyôji) Shôkurô (L)


「秋津島 坂東三津五郎」(四代目) 「鬼ヶ嶽 中村芝翫」(二代目) 「行司庄九郎 嵐冠十郎」(初代)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Mikawaya Rihei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1832 (Tenpô 3), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.6 x 25.8 cm (14 13/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37809.21a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16931 (center sheet only), 11.37809.21a-c (complete)

Play: Sekitori Nidai no Shôbuzuke
Theater: Nakamura

Album: 11.37809.1a-c-.31a-c
関取二代勝負附(せきとりにだいのしょうぶづけ)
江戸 中村 二番目
貼込帖『東錦絵』(11.37809.1-31a-c)に張り込まれていたもの。
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.