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Actors Ichikawa Danzaburô V as Yûzô (R), Sawamura Tosshô I as Tamaya Shinbei (C), and Ichikawa Tôjûrô as ...suke (L)


「勇蔵 市川団三郎」(五代目)  「玉屋新兵衛 沢村訥升」(初代)  「 市川当十郎」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Chôzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1836 (Tenpô 7), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 x 75.1 cm (14 5/8 x 29 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38514a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (second feature): Tomigaoka Koi no Yamabiraki
Play (main feature): Ôtô no Miya Asahi no Yoroi
Theater: Nakamura
富岡恋山開(とみがおかこいのやまびらき)
大塔宮曦鎧(おおとうのみやあさひのよろい)
中村
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
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.