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「俳ゆういろはたとへ」「ゐぬもあるけばぼうにあたる」「荻野屋八重ぎり」五代目坂東彦三郎
Actor Bandô Hikosaburô V as Haginoya Yaegiri, from the series Alphabet Proverbs for Actors (Haiyû iroha tatoe)
「俳ゆういろはたとへ」「ゐぬもあるけばぼうにあたる」「荻野屋八重ぎり」五代目坂東彦三郎
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.9 × 24.9 cm (14 1/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40513
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 500-2428
DescriptionPlay: Komochi Yamanba
Play (main feature): Kujira Obi Nishiki no Shingata
Theater: Morita
嫗山姥（こもちやまんば）
九字成帯錦新模（くじらおびにしきのしんがた）
守田
応０３ ( 1867)・04・19
Play (main feature): Kujira Obi Nishiki no Shingata
Theater: Morita
嫗山姥（こもちやまんば）
九字成帯錦新模（くじらおびにしきのしんがた）
守田
応０３ ( 1867)・04・19
Signed
Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
国周筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Hare 4 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：卯四改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：卯四改
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.