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「昔語女清玄」 三代目岩井粂三郎の清玄尼 八代目市川団十郎の松若丸
The Old Story of the Female Seigen (Mukashigatari Onna Seigen): Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Hanako no mae, later Seigen-ni (R), and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Yoshida Matsuwakamaru (L)
「昔語女清玄」 三代目岩井粂三郎の清玄尼 八代目市川団十郎の松若丸
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847 (Kôka 4), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.6 x 51.2 cm (14 13/16 x 20 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43775a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.39062a-c (complete triptych, key block), 11.43775a-b (two left sheets, color), 17.3216.6-7 (two left sheets, color)
Play: Butai no Hana Yayoi no Irodoki
Theater: Nakamura
台の雪花隅色薗（ぶたいのはなやよいのいろどき）
中村
1847、弘化０４
Play: Butai no Hana Yayoi no Irodoki
Theater: Nakamura
台の雪花隅色薗（ぶたいのはなやよいのいろどき）
中村
1847、弘化０４
Signed
Ôju Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Hanmoto no ôju Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
応需豊国画 梓元の應需豊国画
応需豊国画 梓元の應需豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
彫師：なし
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.