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「げいしや小梅」三代目藤川花友、「小山重左衛門」二代目中山文五郎 「手代丈八」初代中村翫太郎、「八重くしの才三」八代目市川団十郎 「かんさし甚五郎」五代目市村竹之丞、「箱廻し松蔵」
Actors Fujikawa Kayû III as the Geisha Koume, Nakayama Fumigorô II as Koyama Shigesaemon (R); Nakamura Kantarô I as Tedai Jôhachi, Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Yaekushi no Saiza (C); Ichimura Takenojô V as Kanzashi Jingorô, unknown as Hakomawashi Matsuzô (L)
「げいしや小梅」三代目藤川花友、「小山重左衛門」二代目中山文五郎 「手代丈八」初代中村翫太郎、「八重くしの才三」八代目市川団十郎 「かんさし甚五郎」五代目市村竹之丞、「箱廻し松蔵」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamazakiya Seishichi (Sanseidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamazakiya Seishichi (Sanseidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.5 x 75.5 cm (14 3/8 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44019a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay (second feature): Kihachijô Misuji no Tatejima
Play (main feature): Hôraisan Yotsugi Soga
Theater: Ichimura
黄八丈三筋竪縞（きはちじょうみすじのたてじま）
蓬莱山世嗣曽我（ほうらいさんよつぎそが）
市村、二番目
1851、嘉永０４、01・13
Play (main feature): Hôraisan Yotsugi Soga
Theater: Ichimura
黄八丈三筋竪縞（きはちじょうみすじのたてじま）
蓬莱山世嗣曽我（ほうらいさんよつぎそが）
市村、二番目
1851、嘉永０４、01・13
Signed
Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on right and left sheets), Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on center sheet)
香蝶楼豊国画 一陽斎豊国画
香蝶楼豊国画 一陽斎豊国画
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.