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Actors Ichikawa Ebizô (formerly Danjûrô V) as Banzuiin Chôbei (R), Iwai Hanshirô IV as Shirai Gonpachi (C), and Ôtani Oniji III as the Footman (Yakko) Tanihei (L)


市川蝦蔵(五代目市川団十郎)の幡随院長兵衛  四代目岩井半四郎の白井権八  三代目大谷鬼次の奴谷平
Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762–1819)
Publisher: Emiya (Uemura) Kichiemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1793 (Kansei 5), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban triptych; 32.5 x 42.6 cm (12 13/16 x 16 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14577, 11.14603, 11.14606
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.14577 (left), 11.14603 (center), 11.14606 (right)

Play: Gozen-gakari Sumô Soga (second part, from the second month)
Theater: Kawarazaki
御前懸相撲曽我(ごぜんがかりすもうそが)、二番目
河原崎
Signed Shun'ei ga (on each sheet)
春英画
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.