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「奥女中錦木 沢村訥升」（二代目） 「荒獅子男之助 沢村田之助」（三代目） 「仁木弾正 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Actors Sawamura Tosshô II as the Palace Maid (Oku jochû) Nishikigi (R), Sawamura Tanosuke III as Arajishi Otokonosuke (C), and Nakamura Shikan IV as Nikki Danjô (L)
「奥女中錦木 沢村訥升」（二代目） 「荒獅子男之助 沢村田之助」（三代目） 「仁木弾正 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36 × 73.6 cm (14 3/16 × 29 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41726a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Kunichika hitsu (on each sheet)
国周筆
国周筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Tiger 4 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ei
改印：寅四改
彫師：彫栄
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ei
改印：寅四改
彫師：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.
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.