Actors Ichikawa Kuzô III as Nakama Ichisuke (R) and Sawamura Tanosuke III as the Servant Woman (Gejo) Okitsu (L)
「仲間市助 市川九蔵」（三代目） 「下女おきつ 沢村田之助」（三代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 8th month
Artist Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900), Publisher Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych
Accession Number
11.41555a-b
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Play: Toki Moyaya Minori no Komahiki
Theater: Morita
季既秋成駒摂屓（ ときもややみのりのこまひき）
Signed
Kunichika ga (on each sheet)
国周画
Markings
Censor's seal: Ox 8 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：丑八改
彫師：なし
Provenance
By 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection