Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Koheiji's Wife (Nyôbô) Otsuka (R), Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the Ghost (Bôrei) of Koheiji, Seki Sanjûrô III as Adachi Takurô (C), and Sawamura Tosshô II as Kôsai Kijirô (L)

「小平次女房お塚」三代目岩井粂三郎　「小平次亡霊」四代目市川小団次、「安達多九郎」三代目関三十郎　「香西喜次郎」二代目沢村訥升

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

Japanese

Edo period

1859 (Ansei 6), 6th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.6 x 73.7 cm (14 x 29 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.44251a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Kohada no Kaii Ame mo Furunuma
Theater: Ichimura
小幡怪異雨古沼（こはだのかいいあめもふるぬま）
市村
1859、安政０６

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

Marks Censor's seal: Goat 6 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：未六改
彫師：彫竹

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.