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「いびしの翫五郎 中村芝翫」（二代目） 「おやつ 粂三郎改岩井半四郎」（六代目） 「きのくにや源五郎 沢村訥升」（初代）
Actors Nakamura Shikan II as Ibishi no Kangorō (R); Iwai Hanshirō VI, formerly Kumesaburō II, as Oyatsu (C); and Sawamura Tosshō I as Kinokuniya Gengorō (L)
「いびしの翫五郎 中村芝翫」（二代目） 「おやつ 粂三郎改岩井半四郎」（六代目） 「きのくにや源五郎 沢村訥升」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1832 (Tenpō 3), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban triptych; 35.7 x 71.6 cm (14 1/16 x 28 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38462a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 005-0199 (R) (no date)
DescriptionPlay: Goban Tadanobu Yuki no Nachiguro
Theater: Nakamura
碁盤忠信雪黒石（ごばんただのぶゆきのなちぐろ）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
碁盤忠信雪黒石（ごばんただのぶゆきのなちぐろ）
中村
Signed
Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.