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Actors Ichikawa Ebizô V as Kezori Kuemon (R), Sawamura Tosshô I as Komachiya Sôshichi (C), and Iwai Shijaku I as Mikuni no Kojorô (L)


「毛そり九右衛門 市川海老蔵」(五代目) 「小町屋宗七 沢村訥升」(初代) 「三国小女郎 岩井杜若」(初代)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1840 (Tenpô 11), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 x 76.2 cm (14 5/8 x 30 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43390a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (second feature): Koi no Minato Hakata no Hitofushi
Play (main feature): Gion Sairei Shinkôki
Theater: Nakamura
恋湊博多諷(こいのみなとはかたのひとふし)
祇園祭礼信仰記(ぎおんさいれいしんこうき)
中村、二番目
1840、天保11、08・04
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.