Advanced Search 
「天目須之助 中村芝翫」（四代目） 「姉娘かけ皿 沢村田之助」（三代目） 「若徒新吉 市川九蔵」（三代目）
Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Tenmoku Sunosuke (R), Sawamura Tanosuke III as the Older Daughter (Anemusume) Kakezara (C), and Ichikawa Kuzô III as Wakato Shinkichi (L)
「天目須之助 中村芝翫」（四代目） 「姉娘かけ皿 沢村田之助」（三代目） 「若徒新吉 市川九蔵」（三代目）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzô (Aikindô)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzô (Aikindô)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.8 × 74.3 cm (14 1/8 × 29 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41730a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 100-6494 (R), 100-6495 (C), 100-6496 (L)
DescriptionPlay: Ichiban Nori Meiki no Sashimono
Theater: Morita
魁駒松梅桜曙☆（いちばんのりめいきのさしもの）
守田
Theater: Morita
魁駒松梅桜曙☆（いちばんのりめいきのさしもの）
守田
Signed
Kunichika ga (on each sheet)
国周画
国周画
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 4 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Tashichi (on center sheet only)
改印：丑四改
彫師：彫工多七
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Tashichi (on center sheet only)
改印：丑四改
彫師：彫工多七
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.