Actors Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Tadanobu Rihei (R); Iwai Kumesaburô III as Akaboshi Jûza and Nakamura Shikan IV as Nangô Rikimaru (C); Seki Sanjûrô III as Nippondaemon and Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Benten Kozô Kikunosuke (L)

DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Actors Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Tadanobu Rihei (R); Iwai Kumesaburô III as Akaboshi Jûza and Nakamura Shikan IV as Nangô Rikimaru (C); Seki Sanjûrô III as Nippondaemon and Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Benten Kozô Kikunosuke (L)

右から　「忠信利平　河原崎権十郎」（初代）　「赤星十三　岩井粂三郎」（三代目）　「南郷力丸　中村芝翫」（四代目）　「日本駄右衛門　関三十郎」（三代目）　「弁天子僧菊之介　市村羽左衛門」（十三代目）

Utagawa Kuniaki II (Japanese, 1835–1888)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1862 (Bunkyû 2), 2nd month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.4 x 75.1 cm (13 15/16 x 29 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.39887a-c

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû II (2010), #73

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.36800a-c, *11.39887a-c (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.39888a-c

Play: Aoto Zôshi Hana no Nishiki-e
Theater: Ichimura
青砥稿花紅彩画（あおとぞうしはなのにしきえ）
市村
1862、文久０２、03・01

Signed Kuniaki ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
国明画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: Dog 2 aratame
Blockcutter's marks: Hori Kane (on right and center sheets), Koizumi Hori Kane (on left sheet)
改印：戌二改
彫師：彫兼　小泉彫兼

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.