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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as the Fisherman (Ryôshi) Amiroku (R), Sawamura Tosshô I as Kobayakawa Dairiki, Ôtani Mansaku as Gannin Tetsuhachi (C), and Iwai Shijaku I as the Wife (Nyôbo) Oshizu (L)


「りやうしあみ六 市川団十郎」(八代目)  「小早川帯力 沢村訥升(初代)」、「願人鉄八 大谷万作」  「女房お?す 岩井紫若」(初代)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1840 (Tenpô 11), 9th month (?)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.2 x 69.7 cm (13 7/8 x 27 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38532a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné http://www.kuniyoshiproject.com/Actor%20triptychs%201840,%20Part%20II%20(9-12).htm
DescriptionPlay: Iso Chidori Naruto no Adauchi (?)
Theater: Ichimura
磯鵆成渡讐(いそちどりなるとのあだうち)
市村

Possibly based on a triptych by Kunisada with the same design: Waseda db 101-4244 (R), 101-4245 (C), 101-4246 (L)
Play: Koi no Nada Nebiki no Tomozuna
Theater: Ichimura
1838 (Tenpô 9), 8th month
恋灘根曳纜(こいのなだねびきのともづな)
市村
天保09 (1838)・08
In the Kunisada prints, Amiroku is played by Ichimura Uzaemon XII and Tetsuhachi played by Arashi Kanjûrô I, and the wife's name is Otsuna.
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.