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「木曽六十九駅 蕨 蕨手村 乳人政岡」 七代目岩井半四郎
Warabide Village at Warabi Station (Warabi, Warabide mura): (Actor Iwai Hanshirô VII as) Nurse (Menoto) Masaoka, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road (Kisokaidô rokujûkyû eki)
「木曽六十九駅 蕨 蕨手村 乳人政岡」 七代目岩井半四郎
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 24.6 cm (14 3/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42723
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionStation 03.
Nurse Masaoka, a major female role in kabuki, is the devoted nanny of the young lord Tsuruchiyo, who she is bringing up together with her own little son. When her own child is killed, she must feign indifference in order to uncover the evil plot against the Date clan.
There are two different kabuki plays dealing with the story: Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki and Meiboku Sendai Hagi.
伊達競阿国戯場（だてくらべおくにかぶき）
伽羅先代萩（めいぼくせんだいはぎ）
Nurse Masaoka, a major female role in kabuki, is the devoted nanny of the young lord Tsuruchiyo, who she is bringing up together with her own little son. When her own child is killed, she must feign indifference in order to uncover the evil plot against the Date clan.
There are two different kabuki plays dealing with the story: Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki and Meiboku Sendai Hagi.
伊達競阿国戯場（だてくらべおくにかぶき）
伽羅先代萩（めいぼくせんだいはぎ）
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat 10
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子十
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子十
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.