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「万才」三代目尾上新七、「少々」初代坂東しうか 「舞鶴や伝三」四代目市川小団次、「才蔵」初代中山市蔵
Actors Onoe Shinshichi I as Manzai, Bandô Shûka I as Shôshô (L), Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Maizuruya Denzô, and Nakayama Ichizô I as Saizô (L)
「万才」三代目尾上新七、「少々」初代坂東しうか 「舞鶴や伝三」四代目市川小団次、「才蔵」初代中山市蔵
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.7 x 49.3 cm (14 7/16 x 19 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38360a-b
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay (shosa): Koi no Minato Hatsuni no Irifune
Play (main feature): Mimasu Mimasu Karigane Soga
Theater: Nakamura
恋湊優入☆（こいのみなとはつにのいりふね）
三升☆雁金曽我（みます／＼かりがねそが）
中村
嘉永03(1850)・ ０１・２４
Play (main feature): Mimasu Mimasu Karigane Soga
Theater: Nakamura
恋湊優入☆（こいのみなとはつにのいりふね）
三升☆雁金曽我（みます／＼かりがねそが）
中村
嘉永03(1850)・ ０１・２４
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
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.