Actors Ichikawa Ichizô III as Shinobi no Sôta (R), Nakamura Shikan IV as Juemon (C), Bandô Kamezô I as the Masseur (Anma) Ushi-ichi, and Iwai Kumesaburô III as the Courtesan (Keisei) Hanako (L)

「忍の惣太　市川市蔵」（三代目）　　「重右衛門　中村芝翫」（四代目）　　「按摩丑市　坂東亀蔵」（初代）、「けいせゐ花子　岩井粂三郎」（三代目）

Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1863 (Bunkyû 3), 3rd month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 73 cm (14 3/16 x 28 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.44688a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 100-8271 (R), 100-8272 (C), 100-8273 (L)

DescriptionPlay: Keisei Omokage Sakura
Theater: Morita
けいせい面影桜（けいせいおもかげさくら）
守田

Signed Kunichika ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
国周画(年玉枠）

Marks Censor's seal: Boar 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Chô
改印：亥三改
彫師：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: January 19, 2005)

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.