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Actors Onoe Kikugorô V as Ôtsuki Kurando, Iwai Hanshirô VIII as Taga's Mistress (Mekake) Osai no kata (R), Ichikawa Sadanji I as Masao no tsubone (C), and Iwai Komurasaki III as Tamazasa (L)


「大月蔵人 尾上菊五郎」(五代目)、「多賀妾お才の方 岩井半四郎」(八代目)  「政尾局 市川左団次」(初代)  「玉笹 岩井小紫」(三代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Blockcutter: Asai Ginjirô (Hori Gin) (Japanese, 1844–1894)
Japanese
Meiji era
1879 (Meiji 12), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.3 × 74.4 cm (14 5/16 × 29 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41714a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 100-7485 (R), 100-7486 (C), 100-7487 (L)
DescriptionPlay: Kagamiyama Nishiki no Momijiba
Theater: Shin Tomi
鏡山錦☆葉(かがみやまにしきのもみじば)
新富
Signed Toyohara Kunichika hitsu (on left sheet)
豊原国周筆
Marks Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ginjirô
彫師:彫工銀次郎
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.