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Actors Ichikawa Kuzô III as Hachimantarô (R), Ôtani Tomoemon V as Abe no Sadatô (C), and Nakamura Shikan IV as Abe no Munetô (L)


「八幡太郎 市川九蔵」(三代目)  「安部貞任 大谷友右エ門」(五代目) 「安部宗任 中村芝翫」(四代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.1 × 73.5 cm (14 3/16 × 28 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41794a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kunichika ga (on right and left sheets)
国周画
Marks Censor's seal: Ox 7 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Matsushima Hori Masa
改印:丑七改
彫師:松島彫政
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.