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Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V as Manoya Tokubei (R), Onoe Kikujirô II as Tokubei's Wife (Nyûbô) Otoki, Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Subashiri Okuma (C), Nakamura Tsuruzô I as Yamaneko Osan, and Arashi Kangorô I as Dôguya Goichi (L)


「真野屋徳兵衛 坂東彦三郎」(五代目)  「徳兵衛女房おとき 尾上菊次郎(二代目)、「須走おくま 市村家橘」(四代目)  「山猫於三 中村鶴蔵」(初代)、 「道具屋五市 嵐冠五郎」(初代)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Asakura Hori Man (Japanese)
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; 35.8 × 74.4 cm (14 1/8 × 29 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41740a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

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: Asakura Hori Man
改印:丑八改
彫師:朝倉彫万
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.