Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Tanemaki Sanbasô (R) and Nakamura Tsuruzô I as Saiwaka (L)

「種蒔三番叟」四代目中村芝翫　「才わか」初代中村鶴蔵

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ômiya Kyûjirô (Kiyûdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 7th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.2 x 49.9 cm (14 1/4 x 19 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.40878a-b

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa): Na mo Kaete Shosa no Mitsugumi
Play (main feature): Tenmangû Rishô Kamigaki
Theater: Nakamura
更名所作三番叟（なもかえてしょさのみつぐみ）　清元、長唄
天満宮利生神籬（てんまんぐうりしょうかみがき）
中村、一番目三立目
1860、万延０１

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 7 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Shinchô
改印：申七改
彫師：彫工深長

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.