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「小五郎女房おせん」三代目岩井粂三郎 「芸者小よし」瀬川乙女ヵ、「松台屋小五郎」初代坂東竹三郎 「松台屋四郎兵衛」四代目市川小団次
Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Kogorô's Wife (Nyôbô) Osen (R), Segawa Otome(?) as the Geisha Koyoshi, Bandô Takesaburô I as Matsudaiya Kogorô (C), and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Matsudaiya Shirobei (L)
「小五郎女房おせん」三代目岩井粂三郎 「芸者小よし」瀬川乙女ヵ、「松台屋小五郎」初代坂東竹三郎 「松台屋四郎兵衛」四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.9 x 77.1 cm (14 1/8 x 30 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44192a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Na ni Takashi Mariuta Jitsuroku
Theater: Nakamura
名高手毬諷実録（なにたかしまりうたじつろく）
中村
1855、安政０２、07・10
Theater: Nakamura
名高手毬諷実録（なにたかしまりうたじつろく）
中村
1855、安政０２、07・10
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯七
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯七
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.