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市村座舞台開狂言仕初之図 「関三十郎」（三代目）、三番叟「中村歌右エ門」（四代目）、「坂東彦三郎」」（四代目）、「岩井紫若」（初代）
First Play of the Stage-opening Performance at the Ichimura Theater (Ichimura-za butai hiraki kyôgen shisome no zu): Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV as Sanbasô, with Seki Sanjûrô III, Bandô Hikosaburô IV, and Iwai Shijaku I as Musicians
市村座舞台開狂言仕初之図 「関三十郎」（三代目）、三番叟「中村歌右エ門」（四代目）、「坂東彦三郎」」（四代目）、「岩井紫若」（初代）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1842 (Tenpô 13), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.7 × 24.3 cm (14 7/16 × 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22245
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: 11.22244 (right sheet), 11.22245 (left sheet), 11.43385a-c (complete triptych)
MFA impressions: 11.22244 (right sheet), 11.22245 (left sheet), 11.43385a-c (complete triptych)
Signed
Ôju Kunisada ga
応需国貞画
応需国貞画
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.