Actors on a Ferry Boat in Snow: Iwai Shijaku I, Iwai Kumesaburô II, Ichimura Uzaemon XII, Bandô Hikosaburô IV (R); Mimasu Gennosuke I, Segawa Kikunojô V, Ichikawa Shinnosuke 2.5, Ichikawa Danjûrô VII, Ichikawa Ebizô VI, Seki Sanjûrô II (C); Matsumoto Kôshirô V, Ichikawa Komazô V, Bandô Mitsugorô III, and Iwai Hanshirô V (L)

雪の渡し舟の役者右から初代岩井紫若、二代目岩井粂三郎、十二代目市村羽左衛門、四代目坂東彦三郎初代三枡源之助、五代目瀬川菊之丞、2.5代目市川新之助、七代目市川団十郎、六代目市川海老蔵、二代目関三十郎五代目松本幸四郎、五代目市川高麗蔵、三代目坂東三津五郎、五代目岩井半四郎

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpô 1)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 34.4 x 78.7 cm (13 9/16 x 31 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.39463a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionThe actor later known as Ichikawa Komazô VI used the name Ichikawa Shinnosuke in the late 1820s but is not considered a formal member of the lineage; he falls between the official Shinnosuke II and Shinnosuke III.

Signed Kunisada ga (on right and center sheets), Gototei Kunisada ga (on left sheet)
国貞画　五渡亭国貞画

Marks Censor’s seal: kiwame
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.