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「三ツ組盃の内」「児雷也 市村家橘」（四代目） 「綱手 沢村田の助」 （三代目） 「蛇丸 河原崎権十郎」 （初代）
A Set of Three Sake Cups (Mitsugumi sakazuki no uchi): Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Jiraiya (R), Sawamura Tanosuke III as Tsunade (C), and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Orochimaru (L)
「三ツ組盃の内」「児雷也 市村家橘」（四代目） 「綱手 沢村田の助」 （三代目） 「蛇丸 河原崎権十郎」 （初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.2 × 74.9 cm (14 1/4 × 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41771a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 007-0546 (R), 007-0547 (C), 007-0548 (L)
DescriptionTheater: Ichimura
Signed
Kunichika ga (on each sheet)
国周画
国周画
Marks
Censor's seal: Rat 4 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：子四改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：子四改
彫師：なし
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.