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Actors Bandô Kamezô I as Banzuiin Chôbei; Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Konjin Chôgorô (R); Bandô Hikosaburô V as Tôken Gonbei; Nakamura Tsuruzô I as Tsurigane Yazaemon (C); Iwai Shijaku II, formerly Kumesaburô III, as Shirai Gonpachi; and Ichikawa Danzô VI as Yume no Ichibei (L)


「幡随院長兵衛 坂東亀蔵」(初代)、「金神長五郎 河原崎権十郎」(初代)  「唐犬権兵衛 坂東彦三郎」(五代目)、「鐘弥左衛門 中村鶴蔵」(初代)  「 粂三郎改 岩井紫若」(二代目)、「夢の市兵衛 市川団蔵」(六代目)
Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
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; 36.8 × 74.5 cm (14 1/2 × 29 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41163a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Mukashi-banashi Homare Soga
Theater: Nakamura
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)
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:子二改
彫師:なし
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.