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「板倉内膳 沢村訥升」（二代目） 「原田甲斐 坂東彦三郎」（五代目） 「伊達安芸 市川左団次」（初代）
Actors Sawamura Tosshô II as Itakura Naizen (R), Bandô Hikosaburô V as Harada Kai (C), and Ichikawa Sadanji I as Date Aki (L)
「板倉内膳 沢村訥升」（二代目） 「原田甲斐 坂東彦三郎」（五代目） 「伊達安芸 市川左団次」（初代）
Japanese
Meiji era
1876 (Meiji 9), June
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.6 × 73.8 cm (14 × 29 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41845a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Hototogisu Date no Kikigaki
Theater: Shin Tomi
早苗鳥伊達聞書（ほととぎすだてのききがき）
新富
Theater: Shin Tomi
早苗鳥伊達聞書（ほととぎすだてのききがき）
新富
Signed
Toyohara Kunichika hitsu (on right and left sheets)
豊原国周筆
豊原国周筆
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.
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.