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「竹川」・「久松」・「おそめ」三代目岩井粂三郎
Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III in a Triple Role as Takegawa (R), Hisamatsu (C), and Osome (L)
「竹川」・「久松」・「おそめ」三代目岩井粂三郎
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 76.8 cm (14 3/16 x 30 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36696a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kuniyoshi Project db
DescriptionPlay (second feature): Osome Hisamatsu Ukina no Yomiuri
Play (main feature): Yama Warau Haru no Kiyomizu
Theater: Kawarazaki
お染久松色読販（おそめひさまつうきなのよみうり）
山笑春清水（やまわらうはるのきよみず）
河原崎、二番目
1850、嘉永０３、01・25
Play (main feature): Yama Warau Haru no Kiyomizu
Theater: Kawarazaki
お染久松色読販（おそめひさまつうきなのよみうり）
山笑春清水（やまわらうはるのきよみず）
河原崎、二番目
1850、嘉永０３、01・25
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、渡辺
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、渡辺
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: 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.