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「お国御ぜん 瀬川菊之丞」（五代目） 「宗丹 中村芝翫」（初代） 「又平 坂東三津五郎」（三代目）
Actors Segawa Kikunojô V as Okuni Gozen (R), Nakamura Shikan I as Sôtan (C), and Bandô Mitsugorô III as Matabei (L)
「お国御ぜん 瀬川菊之丞」（五代目） 「宗丹 中村芝翫」（初代） 「又平 坂東三津五郎」（三代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1818 (Bunka 15/Bunsei 1), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 39.1 x 77.5 cm (15 3/8 x 30 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21516-8
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 100-9969 (R), 100-9970 (C)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.21516 (left), 11.21517 (center), 11.21518 (right)
Play: Higashiyama-dono Kabuki no Danmaku
Theater: Nakamura
東山殿劇場段幕（ひがしやまどのかぶきのだんまく）
中村
Play: Higashiyama-dono Kabuki no Danmaku
Theater: Nakamura
東山殿劇場段幕（ひがしやまどのかぶきのだんまく）
中村
Signed
Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
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.
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.