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「芸者おさめ 岩井紫若」 （初代） 「髪結新七 中村歌右衛門」 （四代目）
Actors Iwai Shijaku I as the Geisha Osame (R) and Nakamura Utaemon IV as the Hairdresser (Kamiyui) Shinshichi (L)
「芸者おさめ 岩井紫若」 （初代） 「髪結新七 中村歌右衛門」 （四代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1839 (Tenpô 10), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.9 x 48.9 cm (14 1/8 x 19 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40659a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 101-4312 (R), 101-4313 (L)
DescriptionPlay: Daishigawara Rishô no Tsumagushi
Theater: Nakamura
大師河原利棲櫛（だいしかわらりしょうのつまぐし）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
大師河原利棲櫛（だいしかわらりしょうのつまぐし）
中村
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.