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Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V as Kataomoi (R), Sawamura Tosshô II as the Filial Daughter (Kyôjo) Kakezara, Nakamura Chûtarô as the Servant (Shimobe) Kyakuhei (C), and Ichikawa Sadanji I as Tenmoku Sunosuke (L)


「片おもひ 坂東彦三郎」 (五代目)  「孝女かけ皿 沢村訥升」(二代目)、「下部脚平 中村仲太郎」  「天目須之助 市川左団次」(初代)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Japanese
Meiji era
1873 (Meiji 6), June

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.8 × 71.1 cm (14 1/8 × 28 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41792a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Sumidagawa Nokkiri Kôdan
Theater: Morita
Signed Toyohara Kunichika hitsu (on right and center sheets)
豊原国周筆
Marks No censor's seal
Blockcutter's mark: Watanabe Hori Ei
改印:なし
彫師:渡辺彫栄
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.