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「局岩藤」八代目市川団十郎 「中老尾上」四代目尾上梅幸 「召仕お初」四代目市川小団次
Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Tsubone Iwafuji (R), Onoe Baikô IV as Chûrô Onoe (C), and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Meshitsukai Ohatsu (L)
「局岩藤」八代目市川団十郎 「中老尾上」四代目尾上梅幸 「召仕お初」四代目市川小団次
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.8 x 74.5 cm (14 1/8 x 29 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44097a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29965-6 (two right sheets only), 11.44097a-c (complete triptych)
Play: Hana to Mimasu Yayoi no Hatsuyaku
Theater: Nakamura
花☆宿初役（はなとみますやよいのはつやく）
中村
1853、嘉永０６、03・15
Play: Hana to Mimasu Yayoi no Hatsuyaku
Theater: Nakamura
花☆宿初役（はなとみますやよいのはつやく）
中村
1853、嘉永０６、03・15
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, Ox 3, shita-uri
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、丑三、シタ売
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、丑三、シタ売
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.