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「角力取絹川谷蔵 坂東三津五郎」（三代目） 「かさね 岩井半四郎」（五代目） 「豆ふや三ぶ 松本幸四郎」（五代目）
Actors Bandô Mitsugorô III as the Sumô Wrestler (Rikishi) Kinugawa Tanizô (R), Iwai Hanshirô V as Kasane (C), and Matsumoto Kôshirô V as Tôfuya Sabu (L)
「角力取絹川谷蔵 坂東三津五郎」（三代目） 「かさね 岩井半四郎」（五代目） 「豆ふや三ぶ 松本幸四郎」（五代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1818 (Bunka 15/Bunsei 1), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 39.6 x 79.1 cm (15 9/16 x 31 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21523a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki
Theater: Nakamura
伊達競阿国戯場（だてくらべおくにかぶき）、二番目中幕
中村
Theater: Nakamura
伊達競阿国戯場（だてくらべおくにかぶき）、二番目中幕
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.