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「菖蒲の方 岩井紫若」（二代目） 「武智左馬之助 沢村訥升」（二代目） 「入江長兵衛 市川左団次」（初代）
Actors Iwai Shijaku II as Shôbu no Kata (R), Sawamura Tosshô II as Takechi Samanosuke (C), and Ichikawa Sadanji I as Irie Chôbei (L)
「菖蒲の方 岩井紫若」（二代目） 「武智左馬之助 沢村訥升」（二代目） 「入江長兵衛 市川左団次」（初代）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1870 (Meiji 3), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36 × 70.9 cm (14 3/16 × 27 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41753a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 100-5817, 100-5818, 100-5819
DescriptionPlay: Gosho Ôgi Soga no Toshidama
Theater: Morita
館扇曽我訥芝玉（ごしょおうぎそがのとしだま）
守田
Theater: Morita
館扇曽我訥芝玉（ごしょおうぎそがのとしだま）
守田
Signed
Kunichika hitsu (on each sheet)
国周筆
国周筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Horse 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Cho
改印：午正改
彫師：片田彫長
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Cho
改印：午正改
彫師：片田彫長
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.