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「近江の小ふじ 坂東しうか」（初代） 「八幡屋お<三 尾上菊次郎」（二代目） 「曽我十郎祐成 市村羽左衛門」（十二代目）
Actors Bandô Shûka I as Ômi no Kofuji (T), Onoe Kikujirô II as Yawataya Osan (M), and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Soga Jûrô Sukenari (B)
「近江の小ふじ 坂東しうか」（初代） 「八幡屋お<三 尾上菊次郎」（二代目） 「曽我十郎祐成 市村羽左衛門」（十二代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ezakiya Kichibei (Tenjudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ezakiya Kichibei (Tenjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1841 (Tenpô 12), intercalary 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban, upright triptych; 104.5 x 23.5 cm (41 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43476a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #45
DescriptionPlay: Fude Hajime Soga no Fukubiki
Theater: Ichimura
筆魁曽我福贔屓（ふではじめそがのふくびき）
市村
1841、天保１２、01閏08
Theater: Ichimura
筆魁曽我福贔屓（ふではじめそがのふくびき）
市村
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画中右下に「上」とあり。
画中右下に「下」とあり。
画中右下に「下」とあり。
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.