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Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Jôruri-hime (R), Nakamura Fukusuke II as Ushiwakamaru (C), and Ichikawa Kuzô III as Mikuriya Kisanta (L)


「浄瑠璃姫 沢村田之助」(三代目) 「牛若丸 中村福助」(二代目) 「御厨の喜三太 市川九蔵」(三代目)
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), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 × 74.1 cm (14 3/16 × 29 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41736a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kunichika ga (on each sheet)
国周画
Marks Censor's seal: Ox 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ei
改印:丑三改
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.