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「ちゞいわ山に志ばかりに ばゝアハ川えせんたくに 楠昔咄」 「柴苅徳太夫 坂東亀蔵」 （初代） 「百性正作 実ハ楠多門丸 坂東彦三郎」「正さく女房おとハ 岩井粂三郎改 岩井紫若」 「徳太夫女房三よし 市川団蔵」（六代目）、「宇都ノ宮公綱 河原崎権十郎」 （初代）
The Old Story of the Kusunoki Family (Kusunoki mukashi-banashi): Actors Bandô Kamezô I as the Brushcutter (Shibakari) Tokudayû (R); Bandô Hikosaburô V as the Farmer (Hyakushô) Shôsaku, Actually (Jitsu wa) Kusunoki Tamonmaru; Iwai Shijaku II, formerly Kumesaburô, as Shôsaku's Wife (Nyôbô) Otowa (C); Ichikawa Danzô VI as Tokudayû's Wife (Nyôbô) Miyoshi; and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Ubu no Miya Kimitsuna (L)
「ちゞいわ山に志ばかりに ばゝアハ川えせんたくに 楠昔咄」 「柴苅徳太夫 坂東亀蔵」 （初代） 「百性正作 実ハ楠多門丸 坂東彦三郎」「正さく女房おとハ 岩井粂三郎改 岩井紫若」 「徳太夫女房三よし 市川団蔵」（六代目）、「宇都ノ宮公綱 河原崎権十郎」 （初代）
Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.7 × 73.4 cm (14 1/16 × 28 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39747a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 100-5271 (R), 100-5272 (C), 100-5273 (L)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.39747a-c, 11.41159a-c
Play: Kusunoki Mukashibanashi
Theater: Nakamura
楠昔噺（くすのきむかしばなし）
中村
Play: Kusunoki Mukashibanashi
Theater: Nakamura
楠昔噺（くすのきむかしばなし）
中村
Signed
Yoshiiku ga (on each sheet)
芳幾画
芳幾画
Marks
Censor's seal: Rat 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô
改印：子正改
彫師：片田彫長
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô
改印：子正改
彫師：片田彫長
InscriptionsGrandpa went to the mountain to gather brush, and Grandma went to the river to wash clothes. (Jijii wa yama ni shibakari ni, babaa wa kawa e sentaku ni)
「ちゞいわ山に志ばかりに ばゝアハ川えせんたくに 楠昔咄」
「ちゞいわ山に志ばかりに ばゝアハ川えせんたくに 楠昔咄」
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.