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Actors Arashi Rikan III as Omiwa, Daughter of Sugi the Sake Seller (Sugi sakaya musume) (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Eboshiori Motome (C), and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Tachibana-hime (L)


「杉酒屋娘おみわ 嵐璃寛」(三代目) 「烏帽子折もとめ 市川団十郎」(八代目) 「立花姫 岩井粂三郎」(三代目)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), intercalary 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.9 x 73.5 cm (14 1/8 x 28 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43971a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Imoseyama Onna Teikin
Theater: Kawarazaki
妹背山婦女庭訓(いもせやまおんなていきん)
河原崎
1852、嘉永05、02閏03
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat intercalary
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松、子閏
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.