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「初ゆめ茄子ノ三ツ蔵」三代目関三十郎 「女太夫おひさ」三代目岩井粂三郎、「浪のりふねノ音吉」初代中村福助 「一ふじのこび八」初代中村鶴蔵
Actors Seki Sanjûrô III as Hatsuyume Nasu no Mitsuzô (R), Iwai Kumesaburô III as Onnatayû Ohisa, Nakamura Fukusuke I as Naminorifune no Otokichi (C), and Nakamura Tsuruzô I as Ichifuji no Kobihachi (L)
「初ゆめ茄子ノ三ツ蔵」三代目関三十郎 「女太夫おひさ」三代目岩井粂三郎、「浪のりふねノ音吉」初代中村福助 「一ふじのこび八」初代中村鶴蔵
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.5 x 77 cm (14 x 30 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44278a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay (shosa): Uki Hyôshi Gochô no Akebono
Play (main feature): Toshitoku Soga Matsu no Shimadai
Theater: Nakamura
浮拍子五町明映（うきひょうしごちょうのあけぼの）、常磐津
歳徳曽我松島台（としとくそがまつのしまだい）
中村、一番目四立目
1857、安政０４
拳の様子を描く。
Play (main feature): Toshitoku Soga Matsu no Shimadai
Theater: Nakamura
浮拍子五町明映（うきひょうしごちょうのあけぼの）、常磐津
歳徳曽我松島台（としとくそがまつのしまだい）
中村、一番目四立目
1857、安政０４
拳の様子を描く。
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, Snake 1
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳正
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳正
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.