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「いけどう三吉」十三代目市村羽左衛門、「後家お高」四代目尾上菊五郎
Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Ikedô Sankichi and Onoe Kikugorô IV as the Widow (Goke) Otaka
「いけどう三吉」十三代目市村羽左衛門、「後家お高」四代目尾上菊五郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 26.1 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21369
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete tetraptych. The two right sheets: 11.21368, 11.21370 (both dated 1857.3)
Play: Nezumi Komon Haru no Shingata
Theater: Ichimura
鼠小紋東君新形（ねずみこもんはるのしんがた）
市村
1857、安政０４
Play: Nezumi Komon Haru no Shingata
Theater: Ichimura
鼠小紋東君新形（ねずみこもんはるのしんがた）
市村
1857、安政０４
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 4
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳四
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳四
彫師：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: 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.