Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Jiraiya no Oyuki (R) and Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Orochimaru (Disguised as the) Boatman (Sendô) Tatsu (L)
「児雷也ノお雪」三代目沢村田之助 「大蛇丸船頭辰」四代目市村家橘
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 3rd month
Artist Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900), Publisher Enshûya Hikobei (Japanese)
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36 × 49.3 cm (14 3/16 × 19 7/16 in.)
Accession Number
11.41621a-b
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
MFA impressions: 11.39886 (left sheet only), 11.41621a-b (complete diptych)
Play: Keisei Soga Kuruwa Kagami
Theater: Ichimura
契情曽我廓亀鑑（けいせいそがくるわかがみ）
市村
Signed
Kunichika hitsu (on each sheet)
国周筆
Markings
Censor's seal: Hare 3 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：卯三改
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