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「はかた小女郎」四代目尾上梅幸、「わる者新助」四代目坂東彦三郎 「鞠川志津广」初代坂東竹三郎、「赤松重太丸」四代目市川小団次
Actors Onoe Baikō IV as Hakata Kojorō, Bandō Hikosaburō IV as Warumono Shinsuke (R), Bandō Takesaburō I as Marikawa Shizuka, and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Akamatsu Jūtamaru (L)
「はかた小女郎」四代目尾上梅幸、「わる者新助」四代目坂東彦三郎 「鞠川志津广」初代坂東竹三郎、「赤松重太丸」四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kagaya Yasubei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shōjirō (Hori Shōji) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kagaya Yasubei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shōjirō (Hori Shōji) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban diptych; 36.6 x 50.8 cm (14 7/16 x 20 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43885a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Otogi Banashi Hakata no Imaori
Theater: Nakamura
御伽譚博多新織（おとぎばなしはかたのいまおり）
中村
1852、嘉永０５
Theater: Nakamura
御伽譚博多新織（おとぎばなしはかたのいまおり）
中村
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: Hama, Magome, Rat 9
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shōji
改印：浜、馬込、子九
彫師：彫庄治
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shōji
改印：浜、馬込、子九
彫師：彫庄治
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.