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「花の村千草 実ハ秋作 中村芝翫」（四代目） 「白縫大尽 実は若菜姫 沢村田之助」（三代目） 「鷲津ノ下部只七 鶴助改 市川小文次」（初代）
Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Hananomura Chigusa, actually Shûsaku (R); Sawamura Tanosuke III as Shiranui Daijin, actually Wakana-hime (C); and Ichikawa Kobunji I, formerly Tsurusuke, as Washizu no Shimobe Tadashichi (L)
「花の村千草 実ハ秋作 中村芝翫」（四代目） 「白縫大尽 実は若菜姫 沢村田之助」（三代目） 「鷲津ノ下部只七 鶴助改 市川小文次」（初代）
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Sagamiya Tôkichi (Ai-To) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sagamiya Tôkichi (Ai-To) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.1 × 75.2 cm (14 5/8 × 29 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38754a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Kinoene Soga Daikokubashira
Theater: Morita
甲子曽我大国柱 （きのえねそがだいこくばしら）
守田
Theater: Morita
甲子曽我大国柱 （きのえねそがだいこくばしら）
守田
Signed
Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
国貞画(年玉枠）
国貞画(年玉枠）
Marks
Censor's seal: Rat 1 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：子正改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：子正改
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.
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.