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「彦惣妻お升 岩井紫若」（初代）
Actor Iwai Shijaku I as Hikosô's Wife (Tsuma) Omasu
「彦惣妻お升 岩井紫若」（初代）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1842 (Tenpô 13), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 23.3 cm (14 x 9 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39366
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay (second feature): Sono Samisen Homare no Takane
Play (main feature): Hiragana Seisuiki
Theater: Kawarazaki
其三味線誉高調（そのさみせんほまれのたかね
ひらかな盛衰記（ひらがなせいすいき）
河原崎、二番目
1842、天保１３、04・26
Play (main feature): Hiragana Seisuiki
Theater: Kawarazaki
其三味線誉高調（そのさみせんほまれのたかね
ひらかな盛衰記（ひらがなせいすいき）
河原崎、二番目
1842、天保１３、04・26
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
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.
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.