Actors Ichikawa Yonegorô I(?) as Tomeba Yone and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Ude no Sakichi

「留場米」初代市川米五郎ヵ、「腕の佐吉　市川小団次」（四代目）

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kagiya Shôbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1863 (Bunkyû 3), 8th month (?)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 x 24.4 cm (13 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.40744

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Koko ga Edo Ko-ude no Tatehiki
Play: Take no Haru Kokei no Sanshô
Theater: Ichimura
Performance date: 1863.8.19
茲江戸小腕達引（ここがえどこうでのたてひき）
竹春比虎渓三笑（たけのはるこけいのさんしょう）
市村、二番目
1863、癸亥、文久０３、08・19

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: (unclear)
Blockcutter's mark: Koizumi Hori Kane
改印: (裁断不明)
彫師: 小泉彫兼

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.