Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Asahina Tôbei (R), Nakamura Shikan IV as Washi no Chôkichi (C), and Sawamura Tosshô II as Yume no Ichibei (L)

「朝比奈藤兵衛　市村家橘」（四代目）　「鷲ノ長吉　中村芝翫」（四代目）　「夢ノ一朗兵衛　沢村訥升」（二代目）

Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Kamekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)

Japanese

Edo period–Meiji era

1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), intercalary 4th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.3 × 71.6 cm (14 5/16 × 28 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.41710a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû (2010), #55

DescriptionPlay: Yagura Daiko Oto mo Yoshiwara (first performed 1866)
Imaginary performance (mitate).
櫓太鼓鳴音吉原（やぐらだいこおともよしわら）
見立

Signed Kunichika hitsu (on each sheet)
国周筆

Marks Censor's seal: Dragon intercalary aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ei
改印：辰閏改
彫師：彫工栄

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.