Actors Ichikawa Ichizô III as Ichizôji Harima and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Fukuhara Komanojô (R), and Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Sanshichirô Yoshitaka (L)

「一造寺播磨」三代目市川市蔵、「福原駒之丞」初代中村福助　　「三七郎義高」八代目片岡仁左衛門

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Daikokuya Kinnosuke (Kinjirô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Kaju (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1858 (Ansei 5), 7th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 37 x 49.5 cm (14 9/16 x 19 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.29582-3

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: *11.29582 (left), *11.29583 (right)

MFA impressions: *11.29582-3 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.29707-8, 11.29984-5, 11.40806a-b

Play: Komamukai Tanomi no Tsumikomi
Theater: Morita
駒迎田実入魁込（こまむかいたのみのつみこみ）
守田
1858、安政０５

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: Horse 7
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Kaju
改印：午七
彫師：彫家寿

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.