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「けいせゐ陸奥太夫 坂東彦三郎」（四代目）、「足軽曙源六 坂東佐十郎」 初代）、「江間の小四郎義時 市川団十郎」（八代目）「大当り／＼」
Actors Bandô Mitsugorô IV as the Courtesan (Keisei) Michinoku-dayû, Bandô Sajûrô I as the Foot Soldier (Ashigaru) Akebono Genroku, and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Ema no Koshirô Yoshitoki
「けいせゐ陸奥太夫 坂東彦三郎」（四代目）、「足軽曙源六 坂東佐十郎」 初代）、「江間の小四郎義時 市川団十郎」（八代目）「大当り／＼」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1840 (Tenpô 11), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25.8 cm (14 1/2 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39360
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 002-0681
DescriptionPlay: Azuma Kagami Kaidan-banashi
Theater: Kawarazaki
This may be one sheet of a polyptych, with Bandô Mitsugorô as the courtesan on another sheet to the right; or the spider may be the courtesan in a supernatural form.
東鑑怪談噺（あずまかがみかいだんばなし）
河原崎
Theater: Kawarazaki
This may be one sheet of a polyptych, with Bandô Mitsugorô as the courtesan on another sheet to the right; or the spider may be the courtesan in a supernatural form.
東鑑怪談噺（あずまかがみかいだんばなし）
河原崎
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.