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Actors Sawamura Tosshô II as Yuki-hime (R), Nakamura Shikan IV as Matsunaga Daizen (C), and Ôtani Tomoemon V as Konoshita Tôkichi (L)


「雪姫 沢村訥升」(二代目)  「松永大膳 中村芝翫」(四代目)  「木下当吉 大谷友右衛門」(五代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzô (Aikindô)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.9 × 72.5 cm (14 1/8 × 28 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41722a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 100-5608 (R), 100-5609 (C), 100-5610 (L)
Description常九字万成曽我
守田
Signed Kunichika hitsu (on each sheet)
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Hare 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Chô
改印:卯正改
彫師:彫工長
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.