Festival of the Nichiren Sect: Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III, Sawamura Tosshô II, Ichimura Uzaemon XIII, Bandô Mitsugorô VI, Nakamura Fukusuke II (R); Ichikawa Ichizô III, Ichikawa Shinsha I, Ichikawa Kodanji IV, Nakamura Shikan IV, Onoe Kikujirô II, Ichikawa Shinnosuke IV (C); Ichikawa Kuzô III, Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I, Sawamura Tanosuke III, Bandô Hikosaburô V, Ichikawa Yaozô VI (L)

日蓮宗の祭り右「岩井粂三郎」（三代目）、「沢村訥升」（二代目）,「市村羽左エ門」（十三代目）、「坂東三津五郎」（六代目）、「中村福助」（二代目）中「市川市蔵」（三代目）、「市川新車」（初代）,「市川小団次」（四代目）、「中村芝翫」（四代目）、「「尾上菊次郎」（二代目）、「市川新之助」（四代目）左「市川九蔵」（三代目）、「河原崎権十郎」（初代）,「沢村田之助」（三代目）、「坂東彦三郎」（五代目）、「市川八百蔵」（六代目）

Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Other artist: Kawanabe Kyôsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Publisher: Daikokuya Kinnosuke (Kinjirô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Uemura Yasugorô (Hori Yasu) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1863 (Bunkyû 3), 7th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.8 × 72.9 cm (14 1/8 × 28 11/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.41329a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 96, #0691

Description背景の群衆は「一天四海皆帰妙法」を唱える法華宗の信者達。

Signed Yoshitora ga (on each sheet); Ôju Chikamaro (background, on each sheet)
芳虎画、応需周麿

Marks Censor's seal: Boar 7 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Uemura Hori Yasu (on right and left sheets)
改印：亥七改
彫師：上邑彫安

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.