Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V as Shirai Gonpachi (R), Sawamura Tanosuke III as Yaeume, Seki Sanjurô III as Hokke Chôbei (C), and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Sasano Gonza (L)

「白井権八　坂東彦三郎」（五代目）　「八重梅　沢村田之助」（三代目）、「法花長兵衛　関三十郎」（三代目）　「笹ノ権三　河原崎権十郎」（初代）

Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)

Japanese

Edo period

1863 (Bunkyû 3), 1st month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.7 × 70.3 cm (14 1/16 × 27 11/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.39877a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 007-0006, 007-0684 (L only)

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.39877a-c, 11.41788a-c

Play: Tamakushige Akebono Soga
Theater: Nakamura
宝九字匣曙曽我（たまくしげあけぼのそが）
中村
1863、文久０３

Signed Kunichika ga
国周画

Marks Censor's seal: Boar 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino (center sheet only)
改印：亥正改
彫師：彫巳の

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.