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「ゑほし折もとめ 坂東三津五郎」（四代目） 「酒屋娘おみわ 岩井半四郎」（六代目）
Actors Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Eboshiori Motome (R) and Iwai Hanshirô VI as Sakaya Musume Omiwa (L)
「ゑほし折もとめ 坂東三津五郎」（四代目） 「酒屋娘おみわ 岩井半四郎」（六代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1834 (Tenpô 5), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.5 x 49.8 cm (14 3/8 x 19 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40735a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 002-0552 and 100-2932 (L only); Iizuka, Kabuki saiken (1926), p. 9 (L only)
DescriptionThe right sheet has the mark of a second, unidentified publisher in addition to Nishimuraya Yohachi.
Play: Imoseyama Onna Teikin
Theater: Morita
妹背山婦女庭訓（いもせやまおんなていきん）
森田
Play: Imoseyama Onna Teikin
Theater: Morita
妹背山婦女庭訓（いもせやまおんなていきん）
森田
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.