Actors Sawamura Gennosuke II as Yoritomo (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Nanba Rokurô (C), and Nakamura Utaroku I as Maiko Gijo (L)

「よりとも　沢村源之助」（二代目）　「難波六郎　市川団十郎」（七代目）　「舞子妓女　中村歌六」（初代）

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Iseya Han'emon (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1828 (Bunsei 11), 11th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.7 x 74 cm (14 1/16 x 29 1/8 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.43439a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.29050 (right sheet only; deaccessioned in 2019), 11.43439a-c (complete)

Play: Wakazakari Heike Monogatari
Theater: Ichimura
壮平家物語（わかざかりへいけものがたり）
市村、四建目
1806、文化０３、11・05

Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

Inscriptions<2>沢村源之助の顔が<1>沢村源之助の似顔。年代記にはこの上演時に沢村源之助が下らなかったので、坂東彦三郎が代役を勤めたとあり。

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.