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「梅の由兵衛 坂東彦三郎」（四代目） 「女房小梅 岩井紫若」（初代）
Actors Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Ume no Yoshibei (R) and Iwai Shijaku I as His Wife (Nyôbô) Komume (L)
「梅の由兵衛 坂東彦三郎」（四代目） 「女房小梅 岩井紫若」（初代）
Japanese
Edo period
1835 (Tenpô 6), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.3 x 51 cm (14 5/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40727a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 101-0027 (R only); Shizuoka Prefectural Central Library db K915-108-007-041 (L only)
DescriptionPlay: Murasaki ni Somete Yoshibei
Theater: Nakamura
紫初由兵衛（むらさきにそめてよしべえ）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
紫初由兵衛（むらさきにそめてよしべえ）
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.