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Actors Onoe Eizaburô III as the Courtesan (Keisei) Nanaaya (R), Sawamura Tosshô I as Takiyasha-hime (C), and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Watanabe no Tsuna (L)


「けいせい七綾 尾上栄三郎」(三代目) 「滝夜叉姫 沢村訥升」(初代) 「渡辺の綱 市川海老蔵」(五代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Maruya Seijirô (Marusei, Jukakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1839 (Tenpô 10), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.4 x 70 cm (13 15/16 x 27 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40643a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Gohiiki o Hiku Ya Tsunazaka
Theater: Kawarazaki
御摂曳綱坂(ごひいきをひくやつなざか)
河原崎
1839、天保10、10・27
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
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: 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.