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Actors Kawarazaki Gonnosuke VII as Mizuemon (R), Ichikawa Sadanji I as Nakano Tôbei (C), and Nakamura Kanjaku III as Miki Jûzaemon (L)


「水右衛門 河原崎権之助」(七代目)  「中野藤兵衛 市川左団次」(初代)  「三木重左衛門 中村翫雀」(三代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Meiji era
1871 (Meiji 4), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.2 × 73.8 cm (14 1/4 × 29 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41852a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Genroku Soga Kogane no Yama
Theater: Morita
Signed Kunichika hitsu (on each sheet)
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印:未八改
彫師:彫巳の
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.