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「けいせいふやう」森田又三郎、「蓮葉与六」二代目尾上菊次郎 「岩木当馬」四代目坂東彦三郎、「五右衛門女房お滝」三代目岩井粂三郎
Actors Morita Matasaburô as the Courtesan (Keisei) Fuyô, Onoe Kikujirô II as Hachisuba Yoroku (R), Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Iwaki Tôma, and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Goemon's Wife (Nyôbô) Otaki (L)
「けいせいふやう」森田又三郎、「蓮葉与六」二代目尾上菊次郎 「岩木当馬」四代目坂東彦三郎、「五右衛門女房お滝」三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38.2 x 50.4 cm (15 1/16 x 19 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43925a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Kinoshita Soga Megumi no Masagoji
Theater: Nakamura
木下曽我恵☆路（きのしたそがめぐみのまさごじ）
中村
1851、嘉永０４、01・12
Theater: Nakamura
木下曽我恵☆路（きのしたそがめぐみのまさごじ）
中村
1851、嘉永０４、01・12
Signed
Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
一陽斎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国画
一陽斎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込
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.