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Actors Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Umeô-maru (R), Nakamura Shikan II as Matsuô-maru (C), and Mimasu Gennosuke I as Sakura-maru (L)


「梅王丸 坂東三津五郎」(四代目) 「松王丸 中村芝翫」(二代目) 「桜丸 三桝源之助」(初代)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ezakiya Tatsuzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1832 (Tenpô 3), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (aizuri-e); color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.7 x 77.4 cm (14 7/16 x 30 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.27014-6
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kuniyoshi Project db
DescriptionTriptych: 11.27014 (left), 11.27015 (center), 11.27016 (right)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
Theater: Nakamura
菅原伝授手習鑑(すがわらでんじゅてならいかがみ)
中村
1832、天保03、05・10
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: 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.