Actors Sawamura Gennosuke II as Chûrô Onoe (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Mochizuki Saemon (C), and Segawa Kikunojô V as Ume no kata (L)

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DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012

Actors Sawamura Gennosuke II as Chûrô Onoe (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Mochizuki Saemon (C), and Segawa Kikunojô V as Ume no kata (L)

「中老おのへ　沢村源之助」（二代目）　「望月左衛門　市川団十郎」（七代目）　「梅の方　瀬川菊之丞」（五代目）

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1831 (Tenpô 2), 3rd month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.7 x 76.9 cm (14 13/16 x 30 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.29175-7

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: *11.29175 (left), *11.29176 (center), *11.29177 (right)

MFA impressions: *11.29175-7 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.40614a-c

Play: Botan ni Chô Hatsu ga Fumibako
Theater: Kawarazaki
牡丹蝶初篋（ぼたんにちょうはつがふみばこ）
河原崎
1831、天保０２、03・05

Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

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.