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「女房おとわ」四代目尾上菊五郎 「岩川次郎吉」八代目片岡仁左衛門 「北野屋七兵衛」初代中村福助
Actors Onoe Kikugorô IV as Wife (Nyôbô) Otowa (R), Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Iwagawa Jirokichi (C), and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Kitanoya Shichibei (L)
「女房おとわ」四代目尾上菊五郎 「岩川次郎吉」八代目片岡仁左衛門 「北野屋七兵衛」初代中村福助
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.9 x 75.9 cm (14 1/8 x 29 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44249a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay (interval between Part 1 and part 2): Sekitori Senryô Nobori
Play (main feature): Yoshitsune Senbon-zakura
Theater: Nakamura
関取千両幟（せきとりせんりょうのぼり）、岩川内の場
義経千本桜（よしつねせんぼんざくら）
中村、一番目と二番目の間
1859、安政０６、07・12
Play (main feature): Yoshitsune Senbon-zakura
Theater: Nakamura
関取千両幟（せきとりせんりょうのぼり）、岩川内の場
義経千本桜（よしつねせんぼんざくら）
中村、一番目と二番目の間
1859、安政０６、07・12
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Goat 7 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shô
改印：未七改
彫師：彫庄
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shô
改印：未七改
彫師：彫庄
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.