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「梅春霞引始（うめのはるかすみのひきぞめ） 琵琶小路の芸者於弁 沢村田之助」（三代目）
Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III as the Geisha Oben of Biwakoji, from the series First Performance of the Year in the Misty Spring of Plum Blossoms (Ume no haru kasumi no hikizome)
「梅春霞引始（うめのはるかすみのひきぞめ） 琵琶小路の芸者於弁 沢村田之助」（三代目）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Uemura Yasugorô (Hori Yasu) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Uemura Yasugorô (Hori Yasu) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.4 × 24.4 cm (13 15/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40544
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.40541, 11.40544
Signed
Kunichika ga, in toshidama cartouche
国周画（年玉枠）
国周画（年玉枠）
Marks
Censor's seal: Dog 10 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Uemura Hori Yasu
改印：戌十改
彫師：上邑彫安
Blockcutter's mark: Uemura Hori Yasu
改印：戌十改
彫師：上邑彫安
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.