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Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V as Fukami Jûza (R), Iwai Shijaku II as Usugumo (C), and Ichimura Kakitsu IV as the Shinzô Kochô (L)


「深見十三 坂東彦三郎」(五代目)  「薄雲 岩井紫若」(二代目)  「新造小蝶 市村家橘」(四代目)
Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.1 × 72.9 cm (14 3/16 × 28 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41154a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Yagura Daiko Oto mo Yoshiwara
Theater: Ichimura
櫓太鼓鳴音吉原(やぐらだいこおともよしわら)
市村
Signed Yoshiiku ga (on each sheet)
Marks Censor's seal: Tiger 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ei
改印:寅二改
彫師:彫栄
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.