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Actors Sawamura Tosshô II as Monzaburô (R), Bandô Shûka (Bandô Mitsugorô VI) as the Daughter (Musume) Asaji (C), and Ichikawa Sadanji I as Jinrikiya Chôji (L)


「門三郎 沢村訥升」(二代目)  「娘あさぢ 坂東しうか」(六代目坂東三津五郎)  「人力屋長次 市川左団次」(初代)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Blockcutter: Ôta Utakichi (Hori Uta) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1873 (Meiji 6), October (?)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.8 × 71.1 cm (14 1/8 × 28 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41709a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Toyohara Kunichika hitsu (on each sheet)
豊原国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 10 (?)
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Uta
No publisher's mark
改印:酉十ヵ
彫師:彫卯多
版元:なし
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.