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「小姓吉三」四代目尾上梅幸 「八百屋娘お七」三代目岩井粂三郎 「下女お杉」五代目沢村宗十郎
Actors Onoe Baiko IV as Koshô Kichiza (R), Iwai Kumesaburô III as Oshichi the Greengrocer's Daughter (Yaoya Musume Oshichi), and Sawamura Sôjûrô V as the Servant Woman (Gejo) Osugi (L)
「小姓吉三」四代目尾上梅幸 「八百屋娘お七」三代目岩井粂三郎 「下女お杉」五代目沢村宗十郎
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.7 x 49.5 cm (14 7/16 x 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38362a-b
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kuniyoshi Project db
DescriptionPlay: Sono Mukashi Koi no Edozome
Theater: Nakamura
其往昔恋江戸染
Theater: Nakamura
其往昔恋江戸染
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
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.