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「鷲塚左内 中村芝翫」（四代目） 「けいせい重の井 沢村田之助」（三代目） 「伊達の与作 沢村訥升」（二代目）
Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Washizuka Sanai (R), Sawamura Tanosuke III as the Courtesan (Keisei) Shigenoi (C), and Sawamura Tosshô II as Date no Yosaku (L)
「鷲塚左内 中村芝翫」（四代目） 「けいせい重の井 沢村田之助」（三代目） 「伊達の与作 沢村訥升」（二代目）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Kamekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Kamekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.9 × 74.3 cm (14 1/8 × 29 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41767a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTheater: Morita
Signed
Kunichika hitsu (on each sheet)
国周筆
国周筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Dragon 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Takichi
改印：辰正改
彫師：彫工多吉
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Takichi
改印：辰正改
彫師：彫工多吉
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.