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「工藤祐経 尾上菊五郎」（五代目） 「朝比奈 中村芝翫」（四代目） 「曽我五郎 坂東三津五郎」 （六代目）
Actors Onoe Kikugorô V as Kudô Suketsune (R), Nakamura Shikan IV as Asahina (C), and Bandô Mitsugorô VI as Soga no Gorô (L)
「工藤祐経 尾上菊五郎」（五代目） 「朝比奈 中村芝翫」（四代目） 「曽我五郎 坂東三津五郎」 （六代目）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Utakichi (Hori Uta) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Utakichi (Hori Uta) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1869 (Meiji 2), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.9 × 71.4 cm (14 1/8 × 28 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41711a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 100-1855 (R), 100-1856 (C), 100-1857 (L)
DescriptionPlay: Tsurigitsune Haru no Soga-giku
Theater: Nakamura
釣狐春の曽我菊（つりぎつねはるのそがぎく）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
釣狐春の曽我菊（つりぎつねはるのそがぎく）
中村
Signed
Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
国周筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Snake 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Uta
改印：巳二改
彫師：彫卯多
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Uta
改印：巳二改
彫師：彫卯多
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.