Celebrating a Hit Performance on the Third Floor of the Theater (Atari shibai sangai mochiban no zu): Actors Bandô Sajûrô I, Nakamura Tsuruzô I, Nakamura Ganpachi I, Ichikawa Yaozô VI, Ichikawa Shinsha I, Ichikawa Shinnosuke IV, Ichikawa Danzô VI (R), Bandô Kamezô I, Seki Magoroku, Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I, Matsumoto Ichô (?), Arashi Kangorô I (C), Nakamura Aizô I, Kawarazaki Kunitarô I, Ichikawa Misuji, Iwai Shijaku II, Bandô Hikosaburô V (L)

右　「当戯場三階餅番之図」「坂東佐十郎」（初代）、「中村つる蔵」（初代）、「中むら鴈八」（初代）、「市川八百蔵」（六代目）、「市川新車」（初代）、「市川新之介」（四代目）、「市川団蔵」（六代目）中　「坂東亀蔵」（初代）、「関孫六」、「河原崎権十郎」（初代）、「松本いてう」、「嵐冠五郎」（初代）左　「中むら相蔵」（初代）、「河原崎国太郎」（初代）、「市川三すじ」、「粂三郎改岩井紫若」（二代目）、「坂東彦三郎」（五代目）

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ômiya Kyûjirô (Kiyûdô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 2nd month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 32 x 75.3 cm (12 5/8 x 29 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.22336-8

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Toraya, Atsumeru tanoshimi (Yoshida coll., 2012), #50

DescriptionTriptych: 11.22336 (left), 11.22337 (right), 11.22338 (center)

Theater: Nakamura
見立

中村座楽屋での餅番の様子を描く。

Signed Nanajûkyûsai Toyokuni hitsu (on each sheet)
七十九歳豊国筆

Marks Censor's seal: Rat 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：子二改
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.