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Actors Sawamura Tosshô II as Tomiki Saburô (R), Nakamura Shikan IV as Hidetarô (C), and Ôtani Tomoemon V as Fukami Jirô (L)


「冨貴三郎 沢村訥升」(二代目)   「英太郎 中村芝翫」(四代目)   「深見次郎 大谷友右衛門」 (五代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.2 × 72.9 cm (14 1/4 × 28 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41777a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 101-5939 (R), 101-5940 (C), 101-5941 (L)
DescriptionPlay: Sangoku Kumiage Tôrô
Theater: Morita
和漢竺爼上灯篭(さんごくくみあげどうろう)
守田
Signed Kunichika hitsu (on right and left sheets)
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Hare 7 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ei (on right and left sheets)
改印:卯七改
彫師:彫工栄
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.