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「辰世妹おきく 市村竹松」（三代目） 「須破数右衛門 中村芝翫」（四代目） 「辰世実猫石ノ怪 市村羽左衛門」（十三代目）
Actors Ichimura Takematsu III as Tatsuyo's Younger Sister (Imôto) Okiku (R), Nakamura Shikan VI as Suwa Kazuemon (C), and Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Tatsuyo, Actually the Monster of the Cat Stone (Nekoishi no kai) (L)
「辰世妹おきく 市村竹松」（三代目） 「須破数右衛門 中村芝翫」（四代目） 「辰世実猫石ノ怪 市村羽左衛門」（十三代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kagiya Shôbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kagiya Shôbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 75 cm (14 9/16 x 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44339a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, Nyan to mo neko darake/ Cats of Many Varieties (2012), #182
DescriptionPlay: Tôkaidô Iroha Nikki
Theater: Ichimura
東駅いろは日記（とうかいどういろはにっき）
市村
1861、文久０１
Theater: Ichimura
東駅いろは日記（とうかいどういろはにっき）
市村
1861、文久０１
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 7 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Kane (right and left sheets), Horikô Koizumi Kane (center sheet)
改印：酉七改
彫師：彫兼 彫工小泉兼
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Kane (right and left sheets), Horikô Koizumi Kane (center sheet)
改印：酉七改
彫師：彫兼 彫工小泉兼
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.
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.