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「女房お巻」二代目岩井紫若 「黒手組ノ助六」五代目坂東彦三郎 「牛若伝次」二代目沢村訥升
Actors Iwai Shijaku II as Wife (Nyôbô) Omaki (R), Bandô Hikosaburô V as Kurotegumi no Sukeroku (C), and Sawamura Tosshô II as Ushiwaka Denji
「女房お巻」二代目岩井紫若 「黒手組ノ助六」五代目坂東彦三郎 「牛若伝次」二代目沢村訥升
Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.1 × 72.6 cm (14 3/16 × 28 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41151a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Atari Kuji Mansei Soga
Theater: Morita
当九字万成曽我（あたりくじまんせいそが）
守田
Theater: Morita
当九字万成曽我（あたりくじまんせいそが）
守田
Signed
Yoshiiku hitsu (on each sheet)
芳幾筆
芳幾筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Hare 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Watanabe Hori Ei
改印：卯正改
彫師：渡辺彫栄
Blockcutter's mark: Watanabe Hori Ei
改印：卯正改
彫師：渡辺彫栄
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.