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「真虫の二郎実ハ清水の冠者義高 尾上菊五郎」（三代目） 「寺西閑心 三枡源之助」（初代） 「大姫 尾上栄三郎」（三代目）
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Actors Onoe Kikugorô III as Mamushi no Jirô, Actually (Jitsu wa) Shimizu no Kanja Yoshitaka (R), Mimasu Gennosuke I as Teranishi Kanshin (C), and Onoe Eizaburô III as Ôhime (L)
「真虫の二郎実ハ清水の冠者義高 尾上菊五郎」（三代目） 「寺西閑心 三枡源之助」（初代） 「大姫 尾上栄三郎」（三代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Azumaya Daisuke (Kinshûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Azumaya Daisuke (Kinshûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1835 (Tenpô 6), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 32.9 x 66.8 cm (12 15/16 x 26 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43398a-c
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.43398a-c (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.43431a-c
Play: Ume no Haru Gojûsan Tsugi
Theater: Ichimura
梅初春五十三駅（うめのはるごじゅうさんつぎ）
市村
1835、天保０６、02・16
Play: Ume no Haru Gojûsan Tsugi
Theater: Ichimura
梅初春五十三駅（うめのはるごじゅうさんつぎ）
市村
1835、天保０６、02・16
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
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.