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「三味線楓手 市川新車」（初代）、「三味線梅花 尾上菊四郎」 （二代目） 「太夫立花 市村家橘」、「太夫かつみ 坂東三津五郎」 （六代目） 「寺岡平右衛門 坂東彦三郎」（五代目）、「白人おかる 沢村訥升」（二代目）
Actors Ichikawa Shinsha I as Shamisen Player Kaede, Onoe Kikushirô II as Shamisen Player Baika (R), Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Chanter (Tayû) Tachibana, Bandô Mitsugorô VI as Chanter (Tayû) Katsumi (C), Bandô Hikosaburô V as a Puppet of Teraoka Heiemon, and Sawamura Tosshô II as a Puppet of Shirahito Okaru (L)
「三味線楓手 市川新車」（初代）、「三味線梅花 尾上菊四郎」 （二代目） 「太夫立花 市村家橘」、「太夫かつみ 坂東三津五郎」 （六代目） 「寺岡平右衛門 坂東彦三郎」（五代目）、「白人おかる 沢村訥升」（二代目）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.3 × 74 cm (14 5/16 × 29 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41720a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 100-0612 (R), 100-0613 (C), 100-0614 (L)
DescriptionPlay: Chûshingura Sugata no Eawase
Theater: Ichimura
忠臣蔵形容画合（ちゅうしんぐらすがたのえあわせ）
市村
Theater: Ichimura
忠臣蔵形容画合（ちゅうしんぐらすがたのえあわせ）
市村
Signed
Kunichika ga (on each sheet)
国周画
国周画
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 5 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi (on center sheet)
改印：丑五改
彫師：彫太田多七
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi (on center sheet)
改印：丑五改
彫師：彫太田多七
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.