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Actors, from right: (1) Bandô Jûtarô III as Tsukimi Sangorô; (2) Jitsukawa Enjaku I as Futaba no Jinza; (3) Arashi Rikan IV as Chiyozaki Bunshichi; (4) Nakamura Fukusuke III as Takasago Juza; (5) Ichikawa Udanji I as Yukimi no Shôkurô; (6) Nakamura Sôjûrô; (7) Onoe Taganojô II

(Japanese, 1841–1899)
1872 (Meiji 5), 3rd month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color and metallic pigment on paper
DimensionsVertical chûban heptaptych; 24.1 x 124.7 cm (9 1/2 x 49 1/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.35509a-g
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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.
Actor Ichikawa Udanji I as the Courtesan Michinoku
Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki
1873 (Meiji 6), February
Actor Nakayama Nanshi II as Matsukaze
Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki
1857 (Ansei 4), 3rd month