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「せんたく屋うた 関歌助」、「母片もい 関三十郎」（三代目） 「娘かけ皿 沢村田之助」（三代目） 「下男常平 市川小文治」 （初代）
Actors Seki Utasuke as the Laundress (Sentakuya) Uta, Seki Sanjûrô III as the Mother (Haha) Kataomoi (R), Sawamura Tanosuke III as the Daughter (Musume) Kakezara (C), and Ichikawa Kobunji I as the Servant (Genan) Johei (L)
「せんたく屋うた 関歌助」、「母片もい 関三十郎」（三代目） 「娘かけ皿 沢村田之助」（三代目） 「下男常平 市川小文治」 （初代）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Asakura Hori Man (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Asakura Hori Man (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.8 × 71.8 cm (14 1/8 × 28 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41734a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 201-6124 (R), 201-6125 (C), 201-6126 (L)
DescriptionPlay: Ichiban Norime Iki no Sashimono
Theater: Morita
魁駒松梅桜曙☆（いちばんのりめいきのさしもの）
守田
Theater: Morita
魁駒松梅桜曙☆（いちばんのりめいきのさしもの）
守田
Signed
Kunichika ga (on each sheet)
国周画
国周画
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Asakura Hori Man
改印：丑三改
彫師：朝倉彫万
Blockcutter's mark: Asakura Hori Man
改印：丑三改
彫師：朝倉彫万
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.