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Actors Nakamura Shikan I as Keyamura Rokusuke (R), Bandô Mitsugorô III as the Footman (Yakko) Sangobei (C), and Iwai Hanshirô V as Osono (L)


「毛谷村六助 中村芝翫」(初代)  「奴三五平 坂東三津五郎」(三代目)  「おその 岩井半四郎」(五代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1818 (Bunka 15/Bunsei 1), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38.8 x 79.2 cm (15 1/4 x 31 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21500, 11.21501, 11.22464
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.21500 (center), 11.21501 (right), 11.22464 (left)

Play: Katakiuchi Dore mo Wazamono
Theater: Nakamura
敵討揃達者(かたきうちどれもわざもの)
中村
Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
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.