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「茜足袋屋長九郎 」四代目坂東彦三郎 「三日月のおさよ 後二三かつ」二代目尾上菊次郎 「茜足袋屋半七」八代目市川団十郎
Actors Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Akane Tabiya Chôkurô (R), Onoe Kikujirô II as Mikazuki no Osayo, Later (Nochi ni) Sankatsu (C), and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Akane Tabiya Hanshichi (L)
「茜足袋屋長九郎 」四代目坂東彦三郎 「三日月のおさよ 後二三かつ」二代目尾上菊次郎 「茜足袋屋半七」八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 76.5 cm (14 9/16 x 30 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36697a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kuniyoshi Project db
DescriptionPlay: Hatsumoto Yui Soga no Kyôdai
Theater: Kawarazaki
初元結曽我鏡台（はつもとゆいそがのきょうだい）
河原崎
Theater: Kawarazaki
初元結曽我鏡台（はつもとゆいそがのきょうだい）
河原崎
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
Unidentified publisher's mark
改印：浜、馬込
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Unidentified publisher's mark
改印：浜、馬込
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.