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「局岩藤 坂東彦三郎」（五代目） 「中老尾上 沢村田之助」（三代目） 「召仕おはつ 尾上菊五郎」（五代目）
Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V as Tsubone Iwafuji (R), Sawamura Tanosuke III as Chûrô Onoe (C), and Onoe Kikugorô V as Meshitsukai Ohatsu (L)
「局岩藤 坂東彦三郎」（五代目） 「中老尾上 沢村田之助」（三代目） 「召仕おはつ 尾上菊五郎」（五代目）
Japanese
Meiji era
1871 (Meiji 4), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.3 × 74.1 cm (14 5/16 × 29 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41853a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Medeta Moyô Hatsu ga Fumibako
Theater: Nakamura
Date of production: 1871.03.16
鶴亀曙模様初筺（めでたもようはつがふみばこ）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
Date of production: 1871.03.16
鶴亀曙模様初筺（めでたもようはつがふみばこ）
中村
Signed
Toyohara Kunichika hitsu (on center and left sheets)
豊原国周筆
豊原国周筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Goat 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未弐改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未弐改
彫師：なし
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.