Actors Kikugorô (Onoe Kikugorô V) as Tobi Kakitsu (above) and Nakamura Shikan IV as a Footman (Yakko), Bandô Mitsugorô VI as a Courtesan (Keisei), and Bandô Hikosaburô V as a Daimyô (below), from the series Actors and Comedy, Comparisons of Hits (Haiyû ra
「俳優落語あたりくらべ」「鳶嘉吉 菊五郎」（五代目尾上菊五郎）、「やつこ 中村芝翫」（四代目）、「傾城 坂東三津五郎」（六代目）、「大明 坂東彦三郎」 （五代目）
Japanese
Meiji era
1873 (Meiji 6)
Artist Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900), Publisher Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese)
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 007-0324, 007-2466
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 23.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
Accession Number
11.44389
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Signed
Toyohara Kunichika hitsu
豊原国周筆
Markings
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
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