Actors Ichikawa Kuzô II as Shigetada (R), Ichikawa Ebizô V as Kagekiyo (C), and Arashi Kichisaburô III as Iwanaga (L)

「重忠　市川九蔵」（二代目）　「景清　市川海老蔵」（五代目）　「岩永　嵐吉三郎」（三代目）

Japanese
Edo period
1842 (Tenpô 13), 3rd month
Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864), Publisher Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendô) (Japanese)

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Dimensions

Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 x 76.7 cm (14 3/4 x 30 3/16 in.)

Accession Number

11.43428a-c

Medium or Technique

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Not On View

Collections

Asia, Prints and Drawings

Classifications

Prints

Signed

Gototei Kunisada ga (on right and left sheets), Kunisada ga (on center sheet)

五渡亭国貞画　国貞画

Markings

Censor's seal: kiwame

改印：極

Provenance

By 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.

Credit Line

William Sturgis Bigelow Collection