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「千歳 引ぬき放下師こび八 市村羽左衛門」（十二代目） 「翁 引ぬき放下師三蔵 市川九蔵」（二代目） 「三番叟 引ぬき放下師音吉 中村歌右衛門」（四代目）
Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII as the Minstrel (Hikinuki hôkashi) Kobihachi dancing Senzai (R), Ichikawa Kuzô II as the Minstrel (Hikinuki hôkashi) Sanzô dancing Okina (C), and Nakamura Utaemon IV as the Minstrel (Hikinuki hôkashi) Otokichi dancing Sanbasô (L)
「千歳 引ぬき放下師こび八 市村羽左衛門」（十二代目） 「翁 引ぬき放下師三蔵 市川九蔵」（二代目） 「三番叟 引ぬき放下師音吉 中村歌右衛門」（四代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1841 (Tenpô 12), intercalary 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.3 x 76.8 cm (14 11/16 x 30 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40722a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Fude Hajime Soga no Fukubiki
Theater: Ichimura
筆魁曽我福贔屓 ふではじめそがのふくびき
舞奏いろの種蒔 まうておりそえいろのたねまき 常磐津
市村 一番目四立目
Theater: Ichimura
筆魁曽我福贔屓 ふではじめそがのふくびき
舞奏いろの種蒔 まうておりそえいろのたねまき 常磐津
市村 一番目四立目
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
Inscriptions「鴬や京の人にも誉るゝ 霞嬰」
「おきなの文字を五七五の頭におきて 音高ふ行儀にはやすなつ菜哉 東舎」
「梅咲や人の居あまる芝の上 有松」
「おきなの文字を五七五の頭におきて 音高ふ行儀にはやすなつ菜哉 東舎」
「梅咲や人の居あまる芝の上 有松」
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.