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「其昔 左甚五郎が」 （名誉の旧事） 甚五郎女房 初代市川新車
The Old Story of the Renowned Sculptor Hidari Jingorô (Sono mukashi Hidari Jingorô ga [meiyo no furugoto]): Actor Ichikawa Shinsha I as Jingorô's Wife
「其昔 左甚五郎が」 （名誉の旧事） 甚五郎女房 初代市川新車
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyūdō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyūdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847 (Kôka 4), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 25.2 cm (14 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29196
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: 11.29196 (right sheet only), 11.44066a-c (complete triptych)
Play (grand finale): Shiki no Hina Asakusa Hakkei
Scene: HIdari JIngorô and the Oyama Doll
Play (main feature): Fukujukai Muryô Denki
Theater: Kawarazaki
福聚海駒量伝記（ふくじゅかいむりょうでんき）
時翫雛浅草八景（しきのひなあさくさはっけい） 常磐津、長唄
左り甚五郎、おやま人形（ひだりじんごろう、おやまにんぎょう）
河原崎、二番目大切
MFA impressions: 11.29196 (right sheet only), 11.44066a-c (complete triptych)
Play (grand finale): Shiki no Hina Asakusa Hakkei
Scene: HIdari JIngorô and the Oyama Doll
Play (main feature): Fukujukai Muryô Denki
Theater: Kawarazaki
福聚海駒量伝記（ふくじゅかいむりょうでんき）
時翫雛浅草八景（しきのひなあさくさはっけい） 常磐津、長唄
左り甚五郎、おやま人形（ひだりじんごろう、おやまにんぎょう）
河原崎、二番目大切
Signed
Ôju Toyokuni ga
応需豊国画
応需豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
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.