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「母貞昌」三代目岩井粂三郎
Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III as the Mother (Haha) Sadamasa
「母貞昌」三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 24 cm (14 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40391
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionUnidentified publisher's mark.
Play (second feature): Osome Hisamatsu Ukina no Yomiuri
Play (main feature): Yama Warau Haru no Kiyomizu
Theater: Kawarazaki
お染久松色読販（おそめひさまつうきなのよみうり）
山笑春清水（やまわらうはるのきよみず）
河原崎、二番目
1850、嘉永０３、01・25
Play (second feature): Osome Hisamatsu Ukina no Yomiuri
Play (main feature): Yama Warau Haru no Kiyomizu
Theater: Kawarazaki
お染久松色読販（おそめひさまつうきなのよみうり）
山笑春清水（やまわらうはるのきよみず）
河原崎、二番目
1850、嘉永０３、01・25
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
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.