Actors Bandō Mitsugorō III as Mita no Isami Tsunagorō (R), Seki Sanjūrō II as Numata no Kansuke (C), and Iwai Hanshirō V as Ibaraki, a Prostitute at Kagami Station (Kagami no shuku no jorō Ibaraki) (L)

「三田のいさみ綱五郎　坂東三津五郎」（三代目）　　「沼田の関助　関三十郎」（二代目）　　「鏡の宿の女郎いばら木　岩井半四郎」（五代目）

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shōzō (Shōeidō, Eisendō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1829 (Bunsei 12), 11th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ōban triptych; 36.3 x 75.7 cm (14 5/16 x 29 13/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.40629a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 100-3553 (R), 100-35534 (C), 100-3555 (L)

DescriptionJointly published by Wakasaya Yoichi (right and left sheets) and Kawaguchiya Shōzō (center sheet).

Play: Chi Jin Yō Koko ni Yorimitsu
Theater: Ichimura
智仁勇爰頼三津（ちじんゆうここによりみつ）
市村

Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
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.