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Actors Iwai Shijaku I as Shigenoi (R), Ôtani Mansaku as Honda Yasadayû, and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Jinenjo no Sankichi (L), in a Great Hit Memorial Performance In Honor of the Late Iwai Hanshirô VI (Rokudaime Iwai Hanshirô tsuizen kyôgen ôatari ôatari)


「[重の井] 岩井紫若」(初代)  「本田弥三太夫 大谷万作」「じねん生ノ三吉 [岩井粂三郎]」(三代目)「[六]代目岩井半四郎追善狂言大当り/\」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1842 (Tenpô 13), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35 x 47 cm (13 3/4 x 18 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40669a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (interval): Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna
Play (main feature): Iwao no Hana Nami no Shiraishi
Theater: Kawarazaki
恋女房染分手綱(こいにょうぼうそめわけたづな)
岩藤浪白石(いわおのはななみのしらいし)
河原崎、一番目と二番目の間
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
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.