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「坂田金時 中村芝翫」（四代目）、「臼井貞光 尾上梅幸」（4.6代目） 「傾城薄雲実は蜘の性 沢村田之助」(三代目） 「卜部季武 中村仲太郎」、「渡辺ノ綱 市川九蔵」（三代目）
Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Sakata Kintoki and Onoe Baikô 4.6 (Kakunosuke) as Usui Sadamitsu (R); Sawamura Tanosuke III as the Courtesan Usugumo, Actually the Spirit of a Spider (Jitsu wa kumo no sei) (C); Nakamura Chûtarô as Urabe no Suetake and Ichikawa Kuzô III as Watanabe no Tsuna (L)
「坂田金時 中村芝翫」（四代目）、「臼井貞光 尾上梅幸」（4.6代目） 「傾城薄雲実は蜘の性 沢村田之助」(三代目） 「卜部季武 中村仲太郎」、「渡辺ノ綱 市川九蔵」（三代目）
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 × 76.6 cm (14 5/8 × 30 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21464-6
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Nat. Mus. of J. Hist., Nishiki-e wa ika ni tsukurareta ka (2009), #53
DescriptionTriptych: 11.21464 (left), 11.21465 (center), 11.21466 (right)
Play: Kubeki Yoi Kumo no Itosuji
Theater: Morita
来宵蜘蛛線（くべきよいくものいとすじ）
守田
The actor Onoe Kakunosuke used the name Onoe Baikô between 1864/2 and 1866/8 but is not recognized as an official member of the line. He is the second of the two unofficial holders of the name between Baikô IV and Baikô V.
Play: Kubeki Yoi Kumo no Itosuji
Theater: Morita
来宵蜘蛛線（くべきよいくものいとすじ）
守田
The actor Onoe Kakunosuke used the name Onoe Baikô between 1864/2 and 1866/8 but is not recognized as an official member of the line. He is the second of the two unofficial holders of the name between Baikô IV and Baikô V.
Signed
Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
国貞画
国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: Rat 10 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：子十改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：子十改
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: August 3, 1911)
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.