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三代瀬川菊之丞の小糸、山下万菊の賤機姫、三代沢村宋十郎の大友常陸介、富本豊前太夫、富本斎宮太夫、名見崎徳治 （校合摺）
Actors Segawa Kikunojô III as Koito, Sawamura Sôjûrô III as Ôtomo Hitachinosuke, and Yamashita Mangiku as Shizuhata-hime, with chanters Tomimoto Buzendayû and Tomimoto Itsukidayû, and accompanist Namizaki Tokuji
三代瀬川菊之丞の小糸、山下万菊の賤機姫、三代沢村宋十郎の大友常陸介、富本豊前太夫、富本斎宮太夫、名見崎徳治 （校合摺）
Japanese
Edo period
1783 (Tenmei 3), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (key block); ink on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39.1 x 26.9 cm (15 3/8 x 10 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13926
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Golden Age (2010), #22; Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #55 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #70, pl. 66; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #469, pl. LXXIX
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.13925 (color), 11.13926 (key block)
Play: Yanagi no Ito Koi no Odamaki
Theater: Nakamura
柳糸恋苧環
中村座
Play: Yanagi no Ito Koi no Odamaki
Theater: Nakamura
柳糸恋苧環
中村座
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
清長画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.