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「壽狂言之内 大小舞」 「尾上栄三郎」（4.5代目尾上栄三郎、二代目河原崎国太郎）、「岩井紫若」（二代目）、「河原崎国太郎」（初代）
Daishô mai: Actors Onoe Eizaburô IV, Iwai Shijaku II, and Kawarazaki Kunitarô I, from the series Auspicious Plays (Kotobuki kyôgen no uchi)
「壽狂言之内 大小舞」 「尾上栄三郎」（4.5代目尾上栄三郎、二代目河原崎国太郎）、「岩井紫若」（二代目）、「河原崎国太郎」（初代）
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Murayamaya Genbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Murayamaya Genbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.6 × 24.8 cm (14 × 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39088
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Japanese Woodblock Prints (2010), p. 153
Signed
Ôju Baichôrô Kunisada ga
応需香蝶楼国貞画
応需香蝶楼国貞画
Marks
No censor's seal
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Chô
改印：なし
彫師：ほり長
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Chô
改印：なし
彫師：ほり長
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.