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Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Aburaya Okon (R), Bandô Hikosaburô V as Fukuoka Mitsugi (C), and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Chef (Ryôrinin) Kisuke (L)


「油屋おこん 沢村田之助」(三代目) 「福岡貢 坂東彦三郎」(五代目) 「料理人喜助 河原崎権十郎」(初代)
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.7 × 73.2 cm (14 1/16 × 28 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38757a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba
Signed Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 5 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Matsushima Hori Masa
改印:亥五改
彫師:松島彫政
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.