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「日本駄右衞門 中村芝翫」（四代目） 「弁天小僧 尾上菊五郎」（五代目）、「かん之助 中村芝歌之助」 「盛綱 沢村訥升」（二代目）
Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Nippondaemon (R), Onoe Kikugorô V as Benten Kozô, Nakamura Shikanosuke as Kannosuke (C), and Sawamura Tosshô II as Moritsuna (L)
「日本駄右衞門 中村芝翫」（四代目） 「弁天小僧 尾上菊五郎」（五代目）、「かん之助 中村芝歌之助」 「盛綱 沢村訥升」（二代目）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Izumoji Manjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Utakichi (Hori Uta) (Japanese)
Publisher: Izumoji Manjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Utakichi (Hori Uta) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1870 (Meiji 3), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36 × 71.1 cm (14 3/16 × 28 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41704a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Gosho Ôgi Soga no Toshidama
Theater: Morita
館扇曽我訥芝玉（ごしょおうぎそがのとしだま）
守田
Theater: Morita
館扇曽我訥芝玉（ごしょおうぎそがのとしだま）
守田
Signed
Kunichika hitsu (on right and left sheets)
国周筆
国周筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Horse 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Uta
改印：午正改
彫師：彫卯多
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Uta
改印：午正改
彫師：彫卯多
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.