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「江戸芸者団七島お梶」初代坂東しうか 「難波芸子一寸のお徳」二代目尾上菊次郎、「釣船の藤兵衛」五代目沢村長十郎
Actors Bandô Shûka I as the Edo Geisha Danshichijima Okaji (R), Onoe Kikujirô II as the Osaka Geisha (Naniwa Geiko) Issun no Otoku, and Sawamura Chôjûrô V as Tsuribune no Tôbei (L)
「江戸芸者団七島お梶」初代坂東しうか 「難波芸子一寸のお徳」二代目尾上菊次郎、「釣船の藤兵衛」五代目沢村長十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37 x 50.6 cm (14 9/16 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43883a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Shinzô Tsuribune Kidan
Theater: Ichimura
新造☆奇談（しんぞうつりふねきだん）
市村
1852、嘉永０５
Theater: Ichimura
新造☆奇談（しんぞうつりふねきだん）
市村
1852、嘉永０５
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 4
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：衣笠、村田、子四
彫師：彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：衣笠、村田、子四
彫師：彫竹
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.