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Actors Nakayama Ichizô I as Sanni Gorobei, Iwai Kumesaburô III as Goemon's Wife (Nyôbô) Otaki (R), Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Ishikawa Goemon, Seki Hanasuke I as his Son (Segare) Gorôichi, and Seki Utasuke as Kofuna Gengorô (L)


「三二五郎兵衛」初代中山市蔵、「五右衛門女房お滝」三代目岩井粂三郎  「石川五右衛門」四代目市川小団次、「倅五郎市」初代関花助、「小鮒源五郎」関歌助
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35 x 49.2 cm (13 3/4 x 19 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38372a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Kinoshita Soga Megumi no Masagoji
Theater: Nakamura
木下曽我恵☆路(きのしたそがめぐみのまさごじ)
中村
1851、嘉永04、01・12
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, shita-uri
No blockcutter's mark
改印:衣笠、村田、シタ売
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.