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「賎の女おさは」四代目市村家橘 「修行者不快」三代目関三十郎 「賎の男福松」三代目沢村田之助
Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Shizunome Osawa (R), Seki Sanjûrô III as the Ascetic (Shugyôja) Fukai (C), and Ichimura Kakitsu IV (Onoe Kikugorô V) as Shizunoo Fukumatsu (L)
「賎の女おさは」四代目市村家橘 「修行者不快」三代目関三十郎 「賎の男福松」三代目沢村田之助
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.9 × 75.2 cm (14 1/2 × 29 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41716a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Tôbu bijutsukan, Edo no hana kabuki-e ten (1999), #119
DescriptionPlay: Keisei Soga Kuruwa Kagami
Theater: Ichimura
契情曾我廓亀鑑（けいせいそがくるわかがみ）
市村
Theater: Ichimura
契情曾我廓亀鑑（けいせいそがくるわかがみ）
市村
Signed
Kunichika hitsu (on each sheet)
国周筆
国周筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Hare 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ei
改印：卯弐改
彫師：彫工栄
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ei
改印：卯弐改
彫師：彫工栄
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.