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「 沢村訥升」（二代目） 「妻白梅 沢村田之助」（三代目） 「三笠山伊達五郎 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Actors Sawamura Tosshô II as ... (R), Sawamura Tanosuke III as the Wife (Tsuma) Shiraume (C), and Nakamura Shikan IV as Mikasayama Dategorô (L)
「 沢村訥升」（二代目） 「妻白梅 沢村田之助」（三代目） 「三笠山伊達五郎 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Sennosuke (Hori Sennosuke) (Japanese)
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Sennosuke (Hori Sennosuke) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.8 × 74.2 cm (14 1/8 × 29 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41731a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Kinoe Soga Daikoku Bashira
Theater: Morita
Opening date of play: 2nd month
甲子曽我大国柱（きのえねそがだいこくばしら）
守田
Theater: Morita
Opening date of play: 2nd month
甲子曽我大国柱（きのえねそがだいこくばしら）
守田
Signed
Kunichika ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
国周画
国周画
Marks
Censor's seal: Rat 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Sennosuke
改印：子正改
彫師：彫千之助
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Sennosuke
改印：子正改
彫師：彫千之助
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.