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「操云立役人にかなの弁介 本名主馬判官盛久 尾上菊五郎」（初代）、「操人形の役人山ねこてくろ兵へ 坂東三八」（初代）
Actors Onoe Kikugorô I as the Puppet-play Narrator (Ayatsuri iitate yakunin) Kana no Bensuke, Real Name (Honmyô) Shume no Hôgan Morihisa, and Bandô Sanpachi I as the Puppeteer (Ayatsuri ningyô no yakunin) Yamaneko Dekurobei
「操云立役人にかなの弁介 本名主馬判官盛久 尾上菊五郎」（初代）、「操人形の役人山ねこてくろ兵へ 坂東三八」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1757 (Hôreki 7), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 29.4 x 14.5 cm (11 9/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18980
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0805
DescriptionPlay: Onna Musha Kaijin Yashima
Theater: Nakamura
女武者帰陣八島（おんなむしゃかいじんやしま）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
女武者帰陣八島（おんなむしゃかいじんやしま）
中村
Signed
Torii Kiyomitsu hitsu
鳥居清満筆
鳥居清満筆
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: 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.