Actors Onoe Kikugorô I as Noto no kami Noritsune (R), Yamashita Kinsaku II as Adachi Saemon's Wife (C), and Ôtani Hiroji III as Yoshitoki (L)
初代尾上菊五郎の能登守のり経 二代目山下金作の安達左衛門妻 三代目大谷広次の義時
Japanese
Edo period
1778 (An'ei 7), 11th month
Artist Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)
Dimensions
Hosoban triptych; 29.9 x 42.2 cm (11 3/4 x 16 5/8 in.)
Accession Number
11.18436-8
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Triptych: 11.18436 (left), 11.18437 (right), 11.18438 (center)
Play: Sakimasu ya Mume no Kachidoki
Theater: Ichimura
開増梅隑楽（さきますやむめのかちどき）
市村
Signed
Katsukawa Shunkô ga (on each sheet)
勝川春好画
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: August 3, 1911)
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