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Actors Matsumoto Kôshirô V as Kimyô Fujihachi, Actually (Jitsu wa) Oyamada Naosuke (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Tamiya Iemon (C), and Iwai Kumesaburô II as Yanagiya Omon (L)


「きめう藤八実ハ小山田直助 松本幸四郎」(五代目)  「民谷伊右衛門 市川団十郎」(七代目)  「柳屋おもん 岩井粂三郎」(二代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Matsumura Tatsuemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1825 (Bunsei 8), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 x 77.5 cm (14 3/4 x 30 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43475a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (second feature): Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan
Play (main feature): Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Nakamura
東海道四谷怪談(とうかいどうよつやかいだん)
仮名手本忠臣蔵(かなでほんちゅうしんぐら)
中村
1825、文政08、07・27
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Inscriptions「藤八五もんきめう」
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.