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「下人八介 実は田代安兵衛 中村歌右衛門」（三代目）、「花田求馬 浅尾国五郎」（三代目）
Actors Nakamura Utaemon III as the Servant (Genin) Yasuke, actually Tashiro Yasubei, and Asao Kunigorô III as Hanada Motome
「下人八介 実は田代安兵衛 中村歌右衛門」（三代目）、「花田求馬 浅尾国五郎」（三代目）
Shunchôsai Hokushô (Japanese, active 1822–1832)
Publisher: Toshikuraya Shinbei (Toshin) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kanôya Kitarô
Publisher: Toshikuraya Shinbei (Toshin) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kanôya Kitarô
Japanese
Edo period
1822 (Bunsei 5), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.5 x 26.5 cm (15 3/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35230
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 92
DescriptionPlay: Ôishi-zuri Sakura Tanzaku
Theater: Naka
大石摺桜花短冊（おおいしずりさくらたんざく）
中
Theater: Naka
大石摺桜花短冊（おおいしずりさくらたんざく）
中
Signed
Shunchô sha
春頂写
春頂写
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 29, 2004)
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.