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「語助女房大田井 坂東三津五郎」（六代目） 「男達野晒語助 市村家橘」（四代目）
Actors Bandô Mitsugorô VI as Gosuke's Wife (Nyôbô) Ôdai (R) and Ichimura Kakitsu IV as the Otokodate Nozarashi Gosuke (L)
「語助女房大田井 坂東三津五郎」（六代目） 「男達野晒語助 市村家橘」（四代目）
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Enshûya Hikobei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Asakura Hori Man (Japanese)
Publisher: Enshûya Hikobei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Asakura Hori Man (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.7 × 50.1 cm (14 1/16 × 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38779a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû II (2010), #70 (complete triptych)
DescriptionTwo right sheets of incomplete triptych.
Signed
Kunisada hitsu (on each sheet)
国貞筆
国貞筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Asakura Hori Man
改印：丑二改
彫師：朝倉彫万
Blockcutter's mark: Asakura Hori Man
改印：丑二改
彫師：朝倉彫万
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.