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文使い 「中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 「八枚続之内」
Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as a Letter Carrier (Fumizukai), from a Set of Eight (Hachimai tsuzuki no uchi)
文使い 「中村歌右衛門」（三代目） 「八枚続之内」
Japanese
Edo period
1815 (Bunka 12), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 26 cm (14 5/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25377
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 001-0197
DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale of Part 2): Sono Kokonoe Saishiki-zakura
Scenes: Spring: Fumizukai Musume, Rôjo Hanami, Sakaya Detchi
Play (main feature): Godairikli Iro no Minato
Theater: Nakamura
其九絵彩四季桜（そのここのえさいしきざくら） 長唄
春 文使娘、老女花見、酒屋丁稚（ふみつかいむすめ、ろうじょはなみ、さかやでっち）
五大力艶湊（ごだいりきいろのみなと）
中村、二番目大切
1815、文化１２、03・06
Scenes: Spring: Fumizukai Musume, Rôjo Hanami, Sakaya Detchi
Play (main feature): Godairikli Iro no Minato
Theater: Nakamura
其九絵彩四季桜（そのここのえさいしきざくら） 長唄
春 文使娘、老女花見、酒屋丁稚（ふみつかいむすめ、ろうじょはなみ、さかやでっち）
五大力艶湊（ごだいりきいろのみなと）
中村、二番目大切
1815、文化１２、03・06
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
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.