Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Minamoto Tennichibô, Actually Shimizu Yoshitaka (R), Bandô Kamezô I as Ôe Inabanosuke Hiromoto (C), and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Takegawa Iganosuke (L)

「源天日坊実ハ清水義高　市川小団次」（四代目）　　「大江因幡之助広元　坂東亀蔵」（初代）　　「竹川伊賀の助　河原崎権十郎」（初代）

Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)

Japanese

Edo period

1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 4th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.4 × 72.3 cm (13 15/16 × 28 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.38741a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 100-7356 (R), 100-7356 (C), 100-7356 (L)

DescriptionPlay: Yoshitaka Shima Chibiki no Aminote
Theater: Nakamura
義高島千摂網手よしたかしまちびきのあみのて
中村

Signed Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
国貞画

Marks Censor's seal: Ox 4 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ei (on right and center sheets)
改印：丑四改
彫師：彫栄

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.