Actors Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Asakura Tôgo, Onoe Kikujirô II as Jijo Katsuragi (R), Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Higashiyama Yoshimasa kô (C), Nakamura Tsuruzô I as Yamana Saburô, and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Ashikaga Mitsuuji (L)

「浅倉当吾」四代目坂東彦三郎、「侍女桂木」二代目尾上菊次郎　「東山よし政公」四代目坂東彦三郎　「山名三郎」初代中村鶴蔵、「足利満氏」初代中村福助

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)

Japanese

Edo period

1855 (Ansei 2), 7th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 75.5 cm (14 9/16 x 29 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.44195a-c

ON VIEW
Japanese Prints Gallery (Gallery 278A)

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTheater: Ichimura
座組は安政2年市村座に該当するが、本図と一致する上演なし。

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 7
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take (on right and left sheets)
改印：改、卯七
彫師：なし

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.