Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V as Manoya Tokubei (R), Onoe Kikujirô II as His Wife (Nyôbô) Otoki (C), Nakamura Tsuruzô I as Keian Baba Okura, and Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Subashiri Okuma (L)

「真野屋徳兵衛　坂東彦三郎」（五代目）　　「女房おとき　尾上菊次郎（二代目）　　「けいあんばばおくら　中村鶴蔵」（初代）、「須走おくま　市村家橘」（四代目）

Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)

Japanese

Edo period

1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38.8 × 72.3 cm (15 1/4 × 28 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.41733a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 403-0250 (L), 403-0251 (C)

DescriptionPlay: Musume Hyôban Zen'aku Kagami
Theater: Ichimura
処女評判善悪鏡（むすめひょうばんぜんあくかがみ）
市村

Signed Kunichika ga (on each sheet)
国周画

Marks Censor's seal: Ox 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ei
改印：丑八改
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.