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「踊指南しのゝめ 河原崎権十郎」（初代） 「阿古木の生霊 河原崎国太郎」（初代） 「たそがれ 岩井紫若」（二代目） 「足利光氏 坂東彦三郎」（五代目）
Actors Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as the Dance Teacher (Odorishinan) Shinonome (R), Kawarazaki Kunitarô I as the Living Ghost (Ikiryô) of Akogi (C), Iwai Shijaku II as Tasogare, and Bandô Hikosaburô V as Ashikaga Mitsuuji (L)
「踊指南しのゝめ 河原崎権十郎」（初代） 「阿古木の生霊 河原崎国太郎」（初代） 「たそがれ 岩井紫若」（二代目） 「足利光氏 坂東彦三郎」（五代目）
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (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 × 75 cm (14 5/8 × 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17331-3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTriptych: 11.17331 (center), 11.17332 (left), 11.17333 (right)
Play (second feature): Inaka Genji
Theater: Nakamura
田舎源氏（いなかげんじ）
中村
Play (second feature): Inaka Genji
Theater: Nakamura
田舎源氏（いなかげんじ）
中村
Signed
Kunisada ga (on right and left sheets), Baichôrô Kunisada ga (on center sheet)
国貞画 梅蝶楼国貞画
国貞画 梅蝶楼国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: Rat 10 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô
改印：子十改
彫師：片田彫長
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô
改印：子十改
彫師：片田彫長
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.