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「六ヶせんの内」 「小町 坂東しうか」（初代）、「業平 市むら羽左衛門」（十二代目）
Actors Bandô Shûka I as Komachi and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Narihira, from the series Six Poetic Immortals (Rokkasen no uchi)
「六ヶせんの内」 「小町 坂東しうか」（初代）、「業平 市むら羽左衛門」（十二代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1841 (Tenpô 12), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 25.8 cm (14 11/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42859
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mostow, Courtly Visions (2014), fig. 149
DescriptionPlay (finale): Rokkasen Sugata no Irodori
Play (main feature): Hana ni Chô Iro no Dekiaki
Theater: Ichimura
六歌仙体綵（ろっかせんすがたのいろどり） 清元、義太夫、長唄
種花蝶蝶色成秋（はなにちょういろのできあき）
市村、大切
1841、天保１２
Play (main feature): Hana ni Chô Iro no Dekiaki
Theater: Ichimura
六歌仙体綵（ろっかせんすがたのいろどり） 清元、義太夫、長唄
種花蝶蝶色成秋（はなにちょういろのできあき）
市村、大切
1841、天保１２
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.