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「座頭徳市実ハ天竺徳兵衛 尾上菊五郎」（三代目）
Actor Onoe Kikugorô III as the Blind Musician (Zatô) Tokuichi, actually Tenjiku Tokubei
「座頭徳市実ハ天竺徳兵衛 尾上菊五郎」（三代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1816 (Bunka 13), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.6 x 24.7 cm (14 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38325
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Rijksmuseum, The Ear Catches the Eye (2001), #83
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.37809.16, 11.38325
Play: Kasane ôgi
Theater: Nakamura
A performance in memory of the late Onoe Shôroku I (1744-1815).
Play: Kasane ôgi
Theater: Nakamura
A performance in memory of the late Onoe Shôroku I (1744-1815).
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
Inscriptions「かねて手くだとわしやしりながらくどき上手についほれやすくだまされて候 むろのうめ 右木琴唄松緑述」
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.