Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V as Date no Koroku Sukenori (R), Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Kusunoki Koma-hime (C), and Ichimura Takematsu III as Mokushirô's Son (Segare) Chikakichi (L)

「達の小六祐則　板東彦三郎」（五代目）　「楠姑摩姫　市村家橘」（四代目）　　「目四郎忰千加吉　市村竹松」（三代目）

Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Maruya Kyûshirô
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 5th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.7 × 71.7 cm (14 1/16 × 28 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.38740a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Haubner, Die Macht des Bogens (2014), p. 181 (this impression)

DescriptionPlay: Shôbu-dachi Tsui no Kyôkaku
Theater: Ichimura
菖蒲太刀対侠客（しょうぶだちついのきょうかく）
市村

Signed Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
国貞画

Marks Censor's seal: Ox 5 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô (on right sheet)
改印：丑五改
彫師：片田彫長

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.