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「籠川小文治 沢村訥升」（二代目）、「大友息女若菜姫 沢村田之助」（三代目） 「座頭浪市実は秋作 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Actors Sawamura Tosshô II as Kagogawa Kobunji, Sawamura Tanosuke III as Ôtomo's Daughter (Sokujo) Wakana-hime (R), and Nakamura Shikan IV as Zatô Namishi, actually Shûsaku (L)
「籠川小文治 沢村訥升」（二代目）、「大友息女若菜姫 沢村田之助」（三代目） 「座頭浪市実は秋作 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.8 × 50.1 cm (14 1/2 × 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38780a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay:
Theater: Morita
Theater: Morita
Signed
Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
国貞画(年玉枠）
国貞画(年玉枠）
Marks
Censor's seal: Rat 10 aratame (on right sheet)
No blockcutter's mark
改印：子十改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：子十改
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: 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.