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「犬坂毛乃 岩井粂三郎」（三代目） 「犬田小文吾 中村芝翫」（四代目） 「山林房八 市川市蔵」（三代目）
Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Inusaka Keno (R), Nakamura Shikan IV as Inuta Kobungo (C), and Ichikawa Ichizô III as Yamabayashi Fusahachi (L)
「犬坂毛乃 岩井粂三郎」（三代目） 「犬田小文吾 中村芝翫」（四代目） 「山林房八 市川市蔵」（三代目）
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.4 × 75.1 cm (14 3/4 × 29 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38755a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Hakkenden no sekai (2008), #206
DescriptionPlay (shosa): Saku ya Kono Hana no Yatsubusa
Play (main feature): Naminori Fune Oto no Yoki Soga
Theater: Morita
所作事 咲梅の八房（さくやこのはなのやつぶさ）
波乗船音善曽我（なみのりふねおとのよきそが）
守田
1863、癸亥、文久０３、01・11
Play (main feature): Naminori Fune Oto no Yoki Soga
Theater: Morita
所作事 咲梅の八房（さくやこのはなのやつぶさ）
波乗船音善曽我（なみのりふねおとのよきそが）
守田
1863、癸亥、文久０３、01・11
Signed
Baichôrô Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
梅蝶楼国貞画
梅蝶楼国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 1 aratame
Blockcutter's marks: Hori Chô (on right and center sheets), Fuka Hori Chô (on left sheet)
改印：亥正改
彫師：彫長、深彫長
Blockcutter's marks: Hori Chô (on right and center sheets), Fuka Hori Chô (on left sheet)
改印：亥正改
彫師：彫長、深彫長
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.
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.