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Lots of Popular Daughters and Sons-in-law (Ryûko musume muko takusan): Actors Iwai Shijaku II as Osuma, Nakamura Shikan IV as Toyokura no Aruji, Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Washi no Chôkichi, Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Yume no Ichirobei, Ichikawa Kuzô III as Asagiri Tsuruzô (R); Sawamura Tosshô II as Moritaya Sôjirô, Sawamura Tasaburô as Shigyokuken, Sawamura Ijûrô as a Country Samurai (Inaka bushi), Nakamura Aizô I as Keianbaba, Nakaura Tanosuke III as Uwabami Oyoshi, Arashi Kangorô I as the Geisha Kanshichi (C); Bandô Hikosaburô V as Jûza, Nakamura Nakatarô as Tonomo, Nakayama Genjûrô II as Bantô Jûsuke, and Ôtani Tomoemon V as Kurikara Denji (L)


右 「流行娘婿沢山」「おすま 岩井紫若」(二代目)、「豊くらの主 中村芝翫」(四代目)、「鷲の長吉 市村家橘」(四代目)、「夢の市郎兵へ 河原崎三升」(初代河原崎権十郎)、「朝ぎり鶴蔵 市川九蔵」(三代目) 中 「森田や惣次郎 沢村訥升」(二代目)、「紫玉けん 沢村田三郎」、「田舎武士 沢村い十郎」、「けいあんばゞ 中村相蔵」(初代)、「うはばみおよし 沢村田之助」(三代目)、「けい者かん七 嵐冠五郎」(初代) 左 「十三 坂東彦三郎」(五代目)、「主膳 中村仲太郎」、「番頭重助 中山現十郎」(二代目)、「くりから伝二 大谷友右衛門」(五代目)
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tanaka Hori Ushi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.8 × 73.9 cm (14 1/8 × 29 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38980a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kurahashi, Edo kabuki no jôhô bunkashi (2021), p. 306, fig. 16; Konishi, Nishiki-e bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 3 (1977), pp. 76-8; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 1 (1935), pp. 146-7
Signed Kunisada ga (on right and left sheets only)
国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: Tiger 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Tanaka Hori Ushi
改印:寅二改
彫師:田中彫牛
Inscriptions「八人にいかてかわれんそろ盤の玉のやふなるむすめひとりは」
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.