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「小町や宗七 沢村訥升」（初代） 「はかた小女郎 岩井杜若」（初代） 「毛そり九右衛門 市川海老蔵」（五代目）
Actors Sawamura Tosshô I as Komachiya Sôshichi (R), Iwai Tojaku I as Hakata Kojorô (C), and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Kezori Kuemon (L)
「小町や宗七 沢村訥升」（初代） 「はかた小女郎 岩井杜若」（初代） 「毛そり九右衛門 市川海老蔵」（五代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1840 (Tenpô 11), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 x 76.5 cm (14 5/8 x 30 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43455a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.43454a-c (1837 edition), 11.43455a-c (1840 edition, with new right sheet)
Play (second feature): Koi no Minato Hakata no Hitofushi
Play (main feature): Gion Sairei Shinkôki
Theater: Nakamura
恋湊博多諷（こいのみなとはかたのひとふし）
祇園祭礼信仰記（ぎおんさいれいしんこうき）
中村、二番目
1840、天保１１、08・04
Play (second feature): Koi no Minato Hakata no Hitofushi
Play (main feature): Gion Sairei Shinkôki
Theater: Nakamura
恋湊博多諷（こいのみなとはかたのひとふし）
祇園祭礼信仰記（ぎおんさいれいしんこうき）
中村、二番目
1840、天保１１、08・04
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.