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Actors Onoe Kikugorô IV as Sôbei's Daughter (Musume) Ohana (R), Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Shigenoya Hannojô (C), and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Noodle Seller (Sobauri) Sôbei (L)


「宗兵衛娘おはな」四代目尾上菊五郎 「繁の谷半之丞」初代河原崎権十郎 「そばうり宗兵衛」四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.1 x 74.4 cm (14 3/16 x 29 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44256a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Kanadehon Suzuri no Takashima
Theater: Ichimura
仮名手本硯高島(かなでほんすずりのたかしま)
市村
1858、安政05
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Horse 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印:午五
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.