Actors Bandô Mitsugorô VI as Shinzô Shiratama (R), Bandô Hikosaburô V as Kurotegumi no otokodate Sukeroku (C), Nakamura Nakazô III as White Sake Vendor (Shirozake-uri) Shinbei, and Sawamura Tosshô II as Ushiwaka Denji (L)

「新造しら玉」六代目坂東三津五郎　　「黒手組ノ助六」五代目坂東彦三郎　　「白酒売新兵衛」三代目中村仲蔵、「牛若伝次」二代目沢村訥升

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

Japanese

Edo period

1867 (Keiô 3), 3rd month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.8 × 72.5 cm (14 1/8 × 28 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.38979a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Atari Kuji Mansei Soga
Theater: Morita
当九字万成曽我（あたりくじまんせいそが）
守田

Signed Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
国貞画

Marks Censor's seal: Hare 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Chô (on center sheet only)
改印：卯三改
彫師：彫工長

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.