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「白縫姫 沢村田之助」（三代目） 「鳥山秋作 中村芝翫」（四代目） 「下部 市川九蔵」（三代目）
Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Shiranui-hime (R), Nakamura Shikan IV as Toriyama Shûsaku (C), and Ichikawa Kuzô III as Shimobe Gihei (L)
「白縫姫 沢村田之助」（三代目） 「鳥山秋作 中村芝翫」（四代目） 「下部 市川九蔵」（三代目）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.9 × 74.5 cm (14 1/2 × 29 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41841a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû II (2010), #94
DescriptionPlay: Kinoene Soga no Daikoku Bashira
Theater: Morita
Theater: Morita
Signed
Kunichika ga (on each sheet)
国周画
国周画
Marks
Censor's seal: Rat 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô
改印：子二改
彫師：片田彫長
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô
改印：子二改
彫師：片田彫長
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.
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.