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「助太夫娘八重梅」二代目尾上菊次郎 「茜足袋屋半七」八代目市川団十郎 「下部八助」四代目市川小団次
Actors Onoe Kikujirô II as Suketayû's Daughter (Musume) Yaeume (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Akane Tabiya Hanshichi (C), and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Shimobe Hachisuke (L)
「助太夫娘八重梅」二代目尾上菊次郎 「茜足袋屋半七」八代目市川団十郎 「下部八助」四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Murataya Ichigorô (Muraichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Murataya Ichigorô (Muraichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.4 x 75.1 cm (14 5/16 x 29 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44003a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Hatsumotoyui Soga no Kyôdai
Theater: Kawarazaki
初元結曽我鏡台（はつもとゆいそがのきょうだい）
河原崎
1849、嘉永０２、01・13
Theater: Kawarazaki
初元結曽我鏡台（はつもとゆいそがのきょうだい）
河原崎
1849、嘉永０２、01・13
Signed
Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on right and center sheets), 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: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
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.