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Actors Seki Sanjûrô III as Ushigase Kôzaemon (R), Ichikawa Dannosuke V as Chôemon's Wife (Nyôbô) Okinu, Iwai Kumesaburô III as Okinu's Younger Sister (Imôto) Ohan (C), and Kataoka Gadô II as Katsuragawa Chôemon (L)


「牛ヶ瀬幸左衛門」三代目関三十郎 「蝶右衛門女房お絹」五代目市川団之助、「お絹妹おはん」三代目岩井粂三郎 「桂川蝶右衛門」二代目片岡我童
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.8 x 74.2 cm (14 1/8 x 29 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44207a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (second feature): Sanzesô Enishi no Oguruma
Play (main feature): Zôho Suzuka Kassen
Theater: Nakamura
三世相縁の緒車(さんぜそうえにしのおぐるま)
増補鈴鹿山合戦(ぞうほすずかかっせん)
中村、二番目
1856、安政03
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、辰八
彫師:なし
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.