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「粂ノ王子 三枡大五郎」（四代目） 「たへま姫 藤川友吉」（三代目） 「見立十干 癸」
Water Junior (Mizunoto): Actors Mimasu Daigorô IV as Kume no Ôji (R) and Fujikawa Kankichi I (Tomokichi III) as Taema-hime (L), from the series Matches for the Ten Stems (Mitate Jikkan)
「粂ノ王子 三枡大五郎」（四代目） 「たへま姫 藤川友吉」（三代目） 「見立十干 癸」
Gochôtei Sadahiro (Japanese, active about 1830–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1852 (Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 24.5 x 36.6 cm (9 5/8 x 14 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36471a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 108
DescriptionPlay: Kume no Sennin Yoshino-zakura
Imaginary performance (mitate).
粂の仙人吉野桜（くめのせんにんよしのざくら）
見立
Imaginary performance (mitate).
粂の仙人吉野桜（くめのせんにんよしのざくら）
見立
Signed
Sadahiro (on each sheet)
貞広
貞広
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.