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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 Kangorô (R); Iwai Hanshirô VI, formerly Kumesaburô II, as Oyatsu (C); and Sawamura Tosshô I as Kinokuniya Gengorô (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
1832-1833
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban 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)
DescriptionIwai Kumesaburô II changed his name to Iwai Hanshirô VI in 1832.11. Shikan II returned to Osaka after 1833.9.
Theater: Nakamura
Theater: Nakamura
Signed
Ichiyûsai 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.