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「土手のお六」・「奥女中竹川」三代目岩井粂三郎
Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III as both Dote no Oroku and Palace Maid (Okujochû) Takegawa
「土手のお六」・「奥女中竹川」三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 24 cm (14 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39033
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: 11.29729 (right sheet only), 11.39033 (right sheet only), 11.39696-8, 11.45448a-c
Play (second feature): Osome Hisamatsu Ukina no Yomiuri
Play (main feature): Yama Warau Haru no Kiyomizu
Theater: Kawarazaki
お染久松色読販（おそめひさまつうきなのよみうり）
山笑春清水（やまわらうはるのきよみず）
河原崎、二番目
1850、嘉永０３、01・25
MFA impressions: 11.29729 (right sheet only), 11.39033 (right sheet only), 11.39696-8, 11.45448a-c
Play (second feature): Osome Hisamatsu Ukina no Yomiuri
Play (main feature): Yama Warau Haru no Kiyomizu
Theater: Kawarazaki
お染久松色読販（おそめひさまつうきなのよみうり）
山笑春清水（やまわらうはるのきよみず）
河原崎、二番目
1850、嘉永０３、01・25
Signed
Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga
香蝶楼豊国画
香蝶楼豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、渡辺
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、渡辺
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.