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Actors Ôtani Tomoemon V as the Nurse (Menoto), Actually (Jitsu wa) Tatarazaemon (R), Sawamura Tosshô II as the Boatman (Sendô) Takizô, Actually Onishi Yukinaga (C), and Nakamura Shikan IV as the Groom (Umakata), Actually Uminoue Tarô (L)


「乳人実ハ多々羅九衛門」五代目大谷友右衛門  「船頭☆蔵実ハ尾西行長」二代目沢村訥升  「馬方実ハ海上太郎」四代目中村芝翫
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Morimoto Junzaburô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.1 × 70.5 cm (14 3/16 × 27 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41713a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 007-1329 (R), 007-1328 (C), 007-1327 (L)
Signed Kunichika hitsu (on each sheet)
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Hare 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Watanabe Hori Ei (on right sheet)
改印:卯三改
彫師:渡辺彫栄
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.