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「愛妾しげの方」四代目尾上梅幸 「七草右門」四代目市川小団次
Actors Onoe Baikô IV as the Concubine (Aishô) Shige no kata (R) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Nanakusaemon (L)
「愛妾しげの方」四代目尾上梅幸 「七草右門」四代目市川小団次
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.8 x 48.6 cm (14 1/8 x 19 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43886a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay (shosa, Act 3 of Part 1): Aki no Minori Tokete Nuregoromo
Play (main feature): Otogi Banashi Hakata no Imaori
Theater: Nakamura
秋法解濡衣（あきのみのりとけてぬれごろも） 富本
御伽譚博多新織（おとぎばなしはかたのいまおり）
中村、一番目三幕目
1852、嘉永０５
Play (main feature): Otogi Banashi Hakata no Imaori
Theater: Nakamura
秋法解濡衣（あきのみのりとけてぬれごろも） 富本
御伽譚博多新織（おとぎばなしはかたのいまおり）
中村、一番目三幕目
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: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、子七
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、子七
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.