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「見立いろはたとへ り 由留木左衛門 嵐雛助」（七代目） 「見立いろはたとへ ぬ 鷺坂左内 実川額十郎」（二代目） 「見立いろはたとへ る 重乃井 荻野扇女」
The Syllables Ri: Arashi Hinasuke VII as Yurugi Saemon (R); Nu: Jitsukawa Gakujûrô II as Washizaka Sanai (C); Ru: Ogino Senjo as Shigenoi (L); from the series Actors Matched with Proverbs for the Kana Syllabary (Mitate iroha tatoe)
「見立いろはたとへ り 由留木左衛門 嵐雛助」（七代目） 「見立いろはたとへ ぬ 鷺坂左内 実川額十郎」（二代目） 「見立いろはたとへ る 重乃井 荻野扇女」
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban triptych; 24.4 x 53.6 cm (9 5/8 x 21 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35491a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 119; the series: Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 5 (2005), #238 (illustrates no and ya only)
Signed
Yoshitaki ga (on each sheet)
芳瀧画
芳瀧画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)
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.