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「湯潅場吉三 尾上菊五郎」（五代目） 「甚次 中村作喜助（＝中村鷺助ヵ）」、「おかん 坂東志うか」（六代目坂東三津五郎）
Actors Onoe Kikugorô V as Yukanba Kichisa (R), Nakamura Sagisuke (?) as Kanji, and Bandô Shûka (Bandô Mitsugorô VI) as Okan (L)
「湯潅場吉三 尾上菊五郎」（五代目） 「甚次 中村作喜助（＝中村鷺助ヵ）」、「おかん 坂東志うか」（六代目坂東三津五郎）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Masukichi (Hori Masu) (Japanese)
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Masukichi (Hori Masu) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1869 (Meiji 2), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.5 × 48.8 cm (14 3/8 × 19 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41553a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.39849 (right sheet only) , 11.41553a-b (complete)
Play: Kichisama Mairu Yukari no Otozure
Theater: Nakamura
吉様参由縁音信（きちさままいるゆかりのおとずれ）
小堀政談天人娘（こぼりせいだんてんにんむすめ）
中村
Play: Kichisama Mairu Yukari no Otozure
Theater: Nakamura
吉様参由縁音信（きちさままいるゆかりのおとずれ）
小堀政談天人娘（こぼりせいだんてんにんむすめ）
中村
Signed
Kunichika hitsu (on each sheet)
国周筆
国周筆
Marks
No censor's seal
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Masu (on right sheet)
改印：なし
彫師：彫升
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Masu (on right sheet)
改印：なし
彫師：彫升
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.