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Actors Sawamura Gennosuke II as Minamoto no Yoshitsune (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Kumagai Jirô Naozane (C), and Segawa Kikunojô V as his Wife (Nyôbô) Sagami (L)


「源ノ義経 沢村源之助」(二代目) 「熊谷治郎直実 市川団十郎」(七代目) 「女房さがみ 瀬川菊之丞」(五代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1831 (Tenpô 2), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.8 x 77.8 cm (14 1/2 x 30 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43405a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15978VR (11.15978, 11.25053; two left sheets only), 11.43405a-c (complete)

Play: Ichinotani Futaba Gunki
Theater: Kawarazaki
一谷嫩軍記(いちのたにふたばぐんき)
河原崎
1831、天保02、07・17
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.