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「当櫓看板揃」 「庄司重忠 市川市蔵」（三代目）、「遊君阿古屋 尾上栄三郎」（4.5代目尾上栄三郎、二代目河原崎国太郎）、「岩永左エ門 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Actors Ichikawa Ichizô III as Shôji Shigetada, Onoe Eizaburô 4.5 (later Kawarazaki Kunitarô II) as the Courtesan (Yûkun) Akoya, and Nakamura Shikan IV as Iwanaga Saemon, from the series A Lineup of Top Stars (Atari yagura kanban-zoroi)
「当櫓看板揃」 「庄司重忠 市川市蔵」（三代目）、「遊君阿古屋 尾上栄三郎」（4.5代目尾上栄三郎、二代目河原崎国太郎）、「岩永左エ門 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban 36.9 x 25.6 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21889
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21889, 11.44628
The actor later known as Kawarazaki Kunitarô II used the name Onoe Eizaburô from 8/1863 to 2/1869 but is not considered a formal member of the lineage; he falls between the official Eizaburô IV and Eizaburô V.
The actor later known as Kawarazaki Kunitarô II used the name Onoe Eizaburô from 8/1863 to 2/1869 but is not considered a formal member of the lineage; he falls between the official Eizaburô IV and Eizaburô V.
Signed
Nanajûhassai Toyokuni hitsu
七十八歳豊国筆
七十八歳豊国筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 8 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥八改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥八改
彫師：なし
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.