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「鬼娘 調練（てうれん） 市村 三題ばなし」 （四代目市村家橘）
A Story on Three Topics: A Demon Girl, Drilling Soldiers, and an Ichimura Actor (Oni musume, chôren, Ichimura, sandai-banashi) (Actor Ichimura Kakitsu IV)
「鬼娘 調練（てうれん） 市村 三題ばなし」 （四代目市村家橘）
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 24.5 cm (14 5/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22672
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionSandai-banashi is a form of rakugo (comic storytelling) in which the performer ad-libs a story that includes three selected topics.
Signed
Ryûsai giga
立斎戯画
立斎戯画
Marks
Censor's seal: Hare 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：卯弐改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：卯弐改
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.