Actors Bandô Banroku as Wakai mono Roku, Onoe Kikugorô V as Gofukuya Shinsuke (R), Bandô Shûka (Bandô Mitsugorô VI) as the Geisha Miyokichi (C), and Nakamura Shikan IV as Wakai mono Umekichi (L)
「若イ者六 坂東坂六」 「呉服や新助 尾上菊五郎」（五代目）、「げいしゃみよ吉 坂東しうか」（六代目坂東三津五郎） 「若者梅吉 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Japanese
Meiji era
1869 (Meiji 2), 4th month
Artist Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 403-0267 (R), 403-0266 (C), 403-0077 (L)
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36 × 73.3 cm (14 3/16 × 28 7/8 in.)
Accession Number
11.41724a-c
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Signed
Kunichika hitsu (on each sheet)
国周筆
Markings
Censor's seal: Snake 4 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：巳四改
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