Actors Nakamura Tomijûrô II as Jimori no Jigoku and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Zen Master Ikkyû (Ikkyû Zenji) (inset), and Nakamura Fukusuke I as a Crossdressing Candy Peddler (Oman-ga-ame)

「地守ノ地獄」二代目中村富十郎、「一休禅師」・「おまんヶ飴」初代中村福助

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)

Japanese

Edo period

1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.9 x 24.7 cm (14 1/8 x 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.22053

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (finale of Part 2): Uta no Shiori Meisho no Eawase
Play (main feature): Ehon Sarashina Monogatari
Theater: Ichimura
歌俤栞名所絵合（うたのしおりめいしょえあわせ）　常磐津、長唄
絵本更科譚（えほんさらしなものがたり）
市村、二番目大切

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 7
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：改、寅七
彫師：彫竹

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.