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「おそめ 岩井紫若」（初代） 「猿廻し桃太 市川団十郎」（七代目） 「久まつ 岩井粂三郎」（二代目）
Actors Iwai Shijaku I as Osome (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as the Monkey Trainer (Sarumawashi) Momota (C), and Iwai Kumesaburô II as Hisamatsu (L)
「おそめ 岩井紫若」（初代） 「猿廻し桃太 市川団十郎」（七代目） 「久まつ 岩井粂三郎」（二代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ezakiya Kichibei (Tenjudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ezakiya Kichibei (Tenjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1825 (Bunsei 8), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.7 x 78 cm (14 13/16 x 30 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43423a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay (shosa, opening of Part 2): Michiyuki Ukine no Tomodori
Play (main feature): Oniwaka Kongen Butai
Theater: Nakamura
道行浮塒鴎（みちゆきうきねのともとり） 清元
鬼若根元台（おにわかこんげんぶたい）
中村、二番目序幕
1825、文政０８、11・01
Play (main feature): Oniwaka Kongen Butai
Theater: Nakamura
道行浮塒鴎（みちゆきうきねのともとり） 清元
鬼若根元台（おにわかこんげんぶたい）
中村、二番目序幕
1825、文政０８、11・01
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.