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「見立 布袋のお市 岩井杜若」 「見立 極印のおせん 尾上梅幸」（三代目尾上菊五郎） 「見立 雷のおなか 市川海老蔵」（五代目）
Actors in Imaginary Roles (Mitate): Iwai Tojaku as Hotei no Oichi (R), Onoe Baikô (Onoe Kikugorô III) as Gokuin no Osen (C), and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Kaminari no Onaka (L), probably from a pentaptych of Five Women (Gonin onna)
「見立 布袋のお市 岩井杜若」 「見立 極印のおせん 尾上梅幸」（三代目尾上菊五郎） 「見立 雷のおなか 市川海老蔵」（五代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1832–42 (Tenpô 3–13)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.6 x 72.3 cm (14 7/16 x 28 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38520a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThe former Ichikawa Danjûrô VII took the name Ichikawa Ebizô V in 1832.2, and the former Iwai Hanshirô V took the name Iwai Tojaku in 1832.11
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.