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「土手のお六 岩井半四郎」（五代目）
Actor Iwai Hanshirô V as Dote no Oroku, from an untitled series of actors in mirrors
「土手のお六 岩井半四郎」（五代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpô 1), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 26.3 cm (14 3/4 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39487
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay (second feature): Shin-ori Obiya no Chûmon
Theater: Ichimura
新織入帯屋注文（しんおりおびやのちゅうもん）
市村、 二番目
Theater: Ichimura
新織入帯屋注文（しんおりおびやのちゅうもん）
市村、 二番目
Signed
Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
Inscriptions「柳見るふねと見えけり今朝の雨 杜若」
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.