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Actor Iwai Shijaku I as a Woman Street Musician (Onnadayû), from Dance Number of Moon, Snow, and Flowers (Getsusetsuka shosagoto no uchi)


「月雪花所作事ノ内」「女太夫 岩井紫若」(初代)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1836 (Tenpô 7), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 24.5 cm (14 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39325
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale of Part 2): Kaite Mitsu Ôgi no E-awase
Scene: Mikazuki ni Fuji no Uraba
Play: Kazashi no Hana Shibai no Sangatsu
Theater: Nakamura
席書扇絵合(かいてみつおうぎのえあわせ) 長唄
三日月に藤の裏葉(みかづきにふじのうらは)
花頭劇弥生(かざしのはなしばいのさんがつ)
中村、大切
1836、天保07、03・06
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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.