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「男芸者薪孝 坂東彦三郎」（五代目） 「茶屋廻り？菱ノ金 下り松本錦升」、「芸者おやま 粂三郎改 岩井紫若」（二代目） 「男芸者有中 河原崎権十郎」（初代）
Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V as the Male Geisha (Otoko geisha) Shinkô (L); Matsumoto Kinsho, from Kamigata (kudari), as Chayamawari ...hishi no Kin; Iwai Shijaku II, formerly Kumesaburô III, as the Geisha Oyama (C); and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as the Male Geisha (Otoko geisha) Arinaka (?) (L)
「男芸者薪孝 坂東彦三郎」（五代目） 「茶屋廻り？菱ノ金 下り松本錦升」、「芸者おやま 粂三郎改 岩井紫若」（二代目） 「男芸者有中 河原崎権十郎」（初代）
Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.7 × 73 cm (14 1/16 × 28 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41152a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale): Tôkaidô Meisho Karakuri
Play (main feature): Mukashi-banashi Homare Soga
Theater: Nakamura
東駅名所機（とうかいどうめいしょからくり）
昔噺誉曽我（むかしばなしほまれそが ）
中村
1864、文久０４、02・15
Play (main feature): Mukashi-banashi Homare Soga
Theater: Nakamura
東駅名所機（とうかいどうめいしょからくり）
昔噺誉曽我（むかしばなしほまれそが ）
中村
1864、文久０４、02・15
Signed
Yoshiiku ga (on each sheet)
芳幾画
芳幾画
Marks
Censor's seal: Rat 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印：子二改
彫師：彫巳の
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印：子二改
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.
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.