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「伊東壮太」八代目市川団十郎 「後室さがの方」四代目市川小団次 「愛妾胡蝶」四代目尾上梅幸
Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Itô Sôta (R), Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the Widow (Kôshitsu) Sagano (C), and Onoe Baikô IV as the Concubine (Aishô) Kochô (L)
「伊東壮太」八代目市川団十郎 「後室さがの方」四代目市川小団次 「愛妾胡蝶」四代目尾上梅幸
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyūdō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyūdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 75.5 cm (14 9/16 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44114a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, Nyan to mo neko darake/ Cats of Many Varieties (2012), #175
DescriptionPlay: Hanano Saga Nekomata Hanashi
Theater: Nakamura (9th month)
花野嵯峨猫魔縞（はなのさがねこまたはなし）
中村
Theater: Nakamura (9th month)
花野嵯峨猫魔縞（はなのさがねこまたはなし）
中村
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Ox 6
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、丑六
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、丑六
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.