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Actors Seki Sanjûrô II as Washi no Chôkichi, from Kamigata (Kudari) (R), Mimasu Gennosuke I as Hachiman-yama Yogorô (C), and Onoe Kikugorô III in an Imaginary Role (Mitate) as the Town Hairdresser (Machi kamiyui) Nuregami Chôgorô (L)


「下り わしの長吉 関三十郎」(二代目) 「八幡山与五郎<1>三枡源之助」(初代) 「見立 町かみゆいぬれがみ長五郎 尾上菊五郎」(三代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Daikokuya (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1828 (Bunsei 11), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38 x 77.4 cm (14 15/16 x 30 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43468a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (second feature): Chôchô Futago no Kyôdai
Play (main feature): Iriyamagata Soga no Saiken
Theater: Kawarazaki
蝶蝶☆梅菊(ちょうちょうふたごのきょうだい)
入山形曽我細見(いりやまがたそがのさいけん)
河原崎、二番目
1828、文政11、01・19
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.