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「放下師こび八 市村羽左衛門」（十二代目） 「放下師音吉 中村歌右衛門」（四代目） 「放下師三蔵 市川九蔵」（二代目）
Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII as the Hôkashi (Folkdance Performer) Kobihachi (R), Nakamura Utaemon IV as the Hôkashi Otokichi (C), and Ichikawa Kuzô II as the Hôkashi Sanzô (L)
「放下師こび八 市村羽左衛門」（十二代目） 「放下師音吉 中村歌右衛門」（四代目） 「放下師三蔵 市川九蔵」（二代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1841 (Tenpô 12), intercalary 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 x 76.1 cm (14 5/8 x 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43471a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay (shosa, Act 4 of Part 1): Mau Teori Soeiro no Tanemaki
Play (main feature): Fudehajime Soga no Fukubiki
Theater: Ichimura
舞奏いろの種蒔（まうておりそえいろのたねまき） 常磐津
筆魁曽我福贔屓（ふではじめそがのふくびき）
市村、一番目四立目
1841、天保１２、01閏08
Play (main feature): Fudehajime Soga no Fukubiki
Theater: Ichimura
舞奏いろの種蒔（まうておりそえいろのたねまき） 常磐津
筆魁曽我福贔屓（ふではじめそがのふくびき）
市村、一番目四立目
1841、天保１２、01閏08
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
Inscriptions年代記では「音松」。
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.