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Actors Sawamura Chôjûrô V as Inanoya Hanbei (R), Bandô Shûka I as Katsumi Ane-e Ochiyo (C), and Seki Sanjûrô III as Shôki Hanbei (L)


「稲野屋半兵衛」五代目沢村長十郎 「勝見あねへお千代」初代坂東しうか 「鐘馗半兵衛」三代目関三十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iseya Chûsuke (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 x 77.8 cm (14 3/4 x 30 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43972a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Meiyo Jinsei Roku
Theater: Ichimura
名誉仁政録(めいよじんせいろく)
市村
1852、嘉永05、07・09
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 7, shita-uri
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、渡辺、子七、シタ売
彫師:なし
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.