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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Kiso Yoshinaka (R), Arashi Sangorô III as Saigyô Hôshi (C) and Iwai Hanshirô V as Utsushie-hime (L)


「木曽義仲 市川団十郎」(七代目)  「西行法師 嵐三五郎」(三代目)  「写絵姫 岩井半四郎」(五代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamashiroya Tôemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1815 (Bunka 12), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.3 x 76.8 cm (14 11/16 x 30 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22203-5
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.22203 (center), 11.22204 (left), 11.22205 (right)

Sheets are attached out of order; sheet shown at left (Danjûrô as Yoshinaka) should be at right.

Play: Zôho Fujimi Saigyô
Theater: Ichimura
増補富士見西行(ぞうほふじみさいぎょう)
市村
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga, Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画 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: 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.