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Actors Sawamura Tosshô II as Washizu Rokurô (R), Sawamura Tanosuke III as Wakana-hime (C), and Nakamura Shikan IV as Washizu Shichirô (L)


「鷲津六郎 沢村訥升」(二代目) 「若那姫 沢村田之助」(三代目) 「鷲津七郎 中村芝翫」(四代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.9 × 75.3 cm (14 1/2 × 29 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41789a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kunichika ga, in toshidama cartouche (on right and left sheets)
国周画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô
改印:子正改
彫師:片田彫長
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.