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「吃の又平 関三十郎」（二代目） 「女房おとく 岩井半四郎」
Actors Seki Sanjūrō II as Stuttering Matabei (Domo no Matabei) (R) and Iwai Hanshirō VI as His Wife (Nyōbō) Otoku (L)
「吃の又平 関三十郎」（二代目） 「女房おとく 岩井半四郎」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tōbei (Kinkōdō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tōbei (Kinkōdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1826 (Bunsei 9), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban diptych; 36.8 x 48.7 cm (14 1/2 x 19 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40736a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 002-0267, 002-0268 (R only)
DescriptionPlay: Keisei Hangonkō
Theater: Nakamura
けいせい反魂香（けいせいはんごんこう）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
けいせい反魂香（けいせいはんごんこう）
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.