Actors Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as the Sekitori Niô Jindayû (R), Bandô Hikosaburô V as the Sekitori Akashi Shiganosuke (C), and Ichikawa Kuzô III as Akashi's Student (Deshi) Asagiri (L)

「関取仁王仁太夫　河原崎権十郎」（初代）　　「関取明石志賀之助　坂東彦三郎」（五代目）　　「明石弟子朝霧　市川九蔵」（三代目）

Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Asakura Hori Man (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1866 (Keiô 2), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 × 72.6 cm (14 3/16 × 28 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.41796a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 100-9527 (R), 100-9528 (C), 100-9529 (L)

DescriptionPlay: Yagura Daiko Oto mo Yoshiwara
Theater: Ichimura
櫓太鼓鳴音吉原やぐらだいこおともよしわら
市村

Signed Kunichika hitsu (on each sheet)
国周筆

Marks Censor's seal: Tiger 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Asakura Hori Man
改印：寅二改
彫師：朝倉彫万

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.