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「芸者おつま 岩井紫若」（初代）
Actor Iwai Shijaku I as Geisha Otsuma
「芸者おつま 岩井紫若」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1841 (Tenpô 12), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 23.9 cm (14 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22315
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay (second feature): Hachiman-gane Urami no Mijikayo
Play (main feature): Ichinotani Futaba Gunki
Theater: Kawarazaki
八幡鐘妬念短夜（はちまんがねうらみのみじかよ）
一谷嫩軍記（いちのたにふたばぐんき）
河原崎、二番目
1841、天保１２、04・08
Play (main feature): Ichinotani Futaba Gunki
Theater: Kawarazaki
八幡鐘妬念短夜（はちまんがねうらみのみじかよ）
一谷嫩軍記（いちのたにふたばぐんき）
河原崎、二番目
1841、天保１２、04・08
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.